Bug#884938: XFS: possible memory allocation deadlock in kmem_alloc

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#884938: XFS: possible memory allocation deadlock in kmem_alloc
Date	2017-12-21 23:40 +0100
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On Thu, 2017-12-21 at 11:30 -0500, Jason Gill wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.16.51-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> Writing a large number of files to an XFS system with a larger
> directory block size causes slow performance and kernel log errors re:
> memory allocation deadlocks.
[...]

This problem appears to be known upstream.  As it still hasn't been
fixed, I wouldn't expect it to be fixed any time soon.  You'll probably
have to use a smaller directory block size.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
The program is absolutely right; therefore, the computer must be wrong.

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Bug#884938: XFS: possible memory allocation deadlock in kmem_alloc Jason Gill <jrgill@meteor.uwo.ca> - 2017-12-21 17:40 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#884938: XFS: possible memory allocation  deadlock in kmem_alloc "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2017-12-21 23:40 +0100
  Bug#884938: XFS: possible memory allocation deadlock in kmem_alloc Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-12-21 23:40 +0100

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