Re: Processes stuck in D state..

[Michael Loftis <mloftis@xxxxxxxxx>]

The whole redhat 2.4.20 kernel is crap.  I've had a number of boxes lockup 
on it.  Initially it was the firewall, but then at home I've had other 
boxes lock up under load with it.  2.4.20-19.x got a little better but was 
still totally screwed up.  Going to a stock 2.4.20 fixed all the issues 
I've been having.
The root of this one is IMHO RH 2.4.20 is actually 2.4.21-pre3 plus a mass 
of patches.
--On Wednesday, August 06, 2003 21:15 +0200 Simon Matter 
<simon.matter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yah for production go with a kernel as close to stock as posible.  Avoid
> > anything by redhat in the 2.4.20 series, and you should be fine.  In
> > other words go get a fresh treee, patch in ONLY the XFS stuff.  Don't
> > put in low latency/preeempt patches, they still screw everything up.
> > And just stay away from RedHate kernels.
> I don't agree. I'm using XFS enabled RedHat for a long time now on several
> servers with great success. Are the problem you're talking about always
> NFS related? That's the only thing I'm not using alot with the XFS boxes.
>
> Simon