Re: [LNX-XFS] Re: large file problems with 2.4.25-pre4

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Kelsey Cummings wrote:

> 
> > If you consistently see lockups, your best bet is to drop
> > into kdb and start with backtraces on the stuck processes.
> 
> Aie, I'm afraid I don't have that kind of foo. :)

That's not too hard, if you have kdb in your kernel & config'd
on (kdb comes with the cvs code) just hit "pause" on the console,
or ctl-A on the serial port.  Then:

kdb> ps

to get a list of processes, look for the stuck dd process, then:

kdb> btp <pid> 

for the correct pid nr.

-Eric