Hung tasks in :jbd:start_this_handle+0x2e9 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • There are a number of sections of kernel error, "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs disables this message."
  • /var/log/messages contains several "INFO: task xxx blockd for more than 120 seconds" messages just before my server rebooted.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5)

    • Issue observed on kernel-2.6.18-274.12.1.el5. It is currently unknown if other kernels are affected.
  • Ext3 filesystems

Unconfirmed Environmental Variables:

  • Server may be an Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC) node.
  • Server may be under memory pressure.

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