Description of problem: With reference to my (incorrect?) entry for bug 88402: By copying files to my Maxtor 5000XT usb disk I get a sever hang of the system (not always the same severity: sometimes it manages to dump to /var/log/messages, sometimes not - I used ext3). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@garvin spool]# uname -a Linux garvin 2.4.20-20.9 #1 Mon Aug 18 11:37:49 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux How reproducible: Often. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect USB disk, mount it 2. Copy file(s) to it 3. Wait, possibly repeat 2 Actual results: Dec 2 11:13:45 garvin kernel: <6>hub.c: new USB device 00:14.2-1, assigned address 4 Dec 2 11:13:49 garvin /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup usb-storage for USB product d49/5000/100 Dec 2 11:13:50 garvin kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 27202038 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: printing eip: Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: c01403dc Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: *pde = 00000000 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Oops: 0000 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: nls_iso8859-1 nls_cp437 vfat fat usb-storage binfmt_misc autofs nfs lockd sunrpc tlan ipchains sg sr_mod ide -scsi ide-cd cdrom keybdev mousedev hid input usb- Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: CPU: 0 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: EIP: 0060:[<c01403dc>] Not tainted Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: EFLAGS: 00010203 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: EIP is at sync_page_buffers [kernel] 0x14 (2.4.20-20.9) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 27202020 ecx: 000001d0 edx: 00000040 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: esi: 00000007 edi: 00000002 ebp: cc1a1250 esp: cffa9efc Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: ds: 0068 es: 0068 ss: 0068 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 4, stackpage=cffa9000) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Stack: cc1a1250 c11aa90c cc1a1250 c11aa90c c0140514 cc1a1250 c11aa928 c11aa90c Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: 000001d0 c02ee5a4 c0133aca c11aa90c 000001d0 012ee160 00000001 000000ff Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: c02ee3e0 00000000 c01348ab c02ee3e0 000001d0 c11aa90c 00001ac4 c02ee3e0 Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Call Trace: [<c0140514>] try_to_free_buffers [kernel] 0xd8 (0xcffa9f0c)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c0133aca>] launder_page [kernel] 0x54a (0xcffa9f24)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c01348ab>] rebalance_dirty_zone [kernel] 0x4f (0xcffa9f44)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c0134957>] rebalance_inactive_zone [kernel] 0x73 (0xcffa9f64)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c01349bf>] rebalance_inactive [kernel] 0x37 (0xcffa9f84)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c0134aa2>] do_try_to_free_pages_kswapd [kernel] 0x2e (0xcffa9fa8)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c0134d0e>] kswapd [kernel] 0x72 (0xcffa9fdc)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c0134c9c>] kswapd [kernel] 0x0 (0xcffa9fe4)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: [<c0106fc1>] kernel_thread_helper [kernel] 0x5 (0xcffa9ff0)) Dec 2 11:17:57 garvin kernel: Dec 2 11:17:58 garvin kernel: Dec 2 11:17:58 garvin kernel: Code: f7 43 18 06 00 00 00 74 2b 0f ab 73 18 19 c0 85 c0 74 21 0f Dec 2 12:20:15 garvin syslogd 1.4.1: restart. : Expected results: Well.....it should work. Additional info: I use USB1 on the host if that matters. It also seems to be more reproducible if the load on the host is high.
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