Dead lock occurs between flush and ioctl() in RHEL5

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Dead lock occurs between flush and ioctl() in RHEL5
  • VMware snapshots sometimes fail and the system needs to be forcefully rebooted, Why?
  • System Hangs during VMware Snapshot operation in RHEL 5
  • A VMware troubleshooting page references a Red Hat RHEL6 bug. Does this bug exist in RHEL 5, and is there a RHEL 5 fix?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,6
  • ioctl()
  • VMware virtual machine

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