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