On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 08:09, Dave Jones wrote:
I think we've got a handle on this. On a "low" memory
box (128/256mb or
so), it's easy to reproduce. updatedb cron.daily job never runs to
completion for me.
Yep, I have 256mb.
It's the ext3 block reservation patch that's the culprit.
(The details
are pretty icky) There's been a number of fixes to that in the last
few days, so hopefully we'll see resolution on it real soon.
Glad you found it. Look at my diff between the two kernels was
educational, but I still haven't reached the ext3 changes yet. But I
guess that is why you guys get paid ;).
josh