Kernel 2.4.3, patch 04/01 and hangs

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Hello all,

My machine has some hanging processes since I have upgraded the kernel.
Can someone tell me how to narrow down the problem (I think it's an XFS issue)?
Symptom: process goes to 'D' state, and the load average goes up by 1 per
process. I can not find any process constantly running, and you can not feel
it, but believe me my load average is 13.23. All I can do is restart the
machine, as even signal 11 does not kill the processes.

Thanks, Laszlo
Ps:Should I update my kernel to the current CVS?