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Re: xfsdump stuck in io_schedule

To: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfsdump stuck in io_schedule
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 01:38:12 -0800
Cc: zlatko.calusic@xxxxxxxx, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:32:34PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> Does xfs_dump actually pin 700 megs of memory??

No.

> If someone could provide a detailed description of what xfs_dump is
> actually doing internally, that may help me shed some light.
> xfs_dump is actually using kernel support for coherency reasons, is
> that not so?  How does it work?

It uses bulkstat; I'm not convinced that alone is the problem (I have
other applications that use it and never caused the kinds of lockups).



  --cw


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