i have to confirm this problem Kernel & distribution version Nov 27 08:34:44 core kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 2.6.31-22-server (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu9) ) #68-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 26 16:50:02 UTC 2010 (Ubuntu 2.6.31-22.68-serv er) kern.log Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033782] INFO: task kjournald2:407 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033799] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033813] kjournald2 D 0000000000000000 0 407 2 0x00000000 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033820] ffff8801205fbad0 0000000000000046 0000000000000002 0000000000015880 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033827] ffff8801210b47c0 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033832] 0000000000015880 ffff8801210b47c0 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033839] Call Trace: Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033857] [] ? sync_page+0x0/0x50 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033864] [] io_schedule+0x28/0x40 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033868] [] sync_page+0x3d/0x50 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033872] [] __wait_on_bit+0x57/0x80 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033876] [] wait_on_page_bit+0x6e/0x80 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033882] [] ? wake_bit_function+0x0/0x40 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033888] [] ? pagevec_lookup_tag+0x20/0x30 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033893] [] wait_on_page_writeback_range+0xf5/0x190 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033899] [] ? jbd2_journal_file_buffer+0x59/0x80 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033903] [] filemap_fdatawait+0x27/0x30 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033907] [] journal_finish_inode_data_buffers+0x56/0x150 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033911] [] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0x6d6/0x1100 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033917] [] kjournald2+0x103/0x270 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033921] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033926] [] ? kjournald2+0x0/0x270 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033929] [] kthread+0xa6/0xb0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033935] [] child_rip+0xa/0x20 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033939] [] ? kthread+0x0/0xb0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033942] [] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033960] INFO: task bash:13216 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.033970] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message. Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034014] bash D 0000000000000000 0 13216 13215 0x00000000 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034019] ffff88009853d818 0000000000000086 ffff88009853d7a8 0000000000015880 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034025] ffff88008fa8de70 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034030] 0000000000015880 ffff88008fa8de70 0000000000015880 0000000000015880 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034035] Call Trace: Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034040] [] io_schedule+0x28/0x40 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034045] [] get_request_wait+0xc7/0x1a0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034049] [] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034054] [] ? elv_merge+0x1cb/0x200 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034058] [] __make_request+0x93/0x440 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034062] [] ? __slab_alloc+0x8a/0x2d0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034066] [] generic_make_request+0x19b/0x4c0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034070] [] ? mempool_alloc_slab+0x10/0x20 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034076] [] ? alloc_buffer_head+0x44/0x50 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034080] [] submit_bio+0x7d/0x110 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034084] [] submit_bh+0xf2/0x130 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034088] [] ll_rw_block+0x123/0x130 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034092] [] __breadahead+0x29/0x40 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034097] [] __ext4_get_inode_loc+0x32e/0x3b0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034101] [] ext4_iget+0x7e/0x7f0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034105] [] ? _spin_lock+0x9/0x10 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034110] [] ext4_lookup+0xa5/0x130 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034115] [] real_lookup+0xda/0x150 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034119] [] do_lookup+0xb0/0xe0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034123] [] __link_path_walk+0x674/0xdb0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034127] [] ? dx_release+0x23/0x50 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034131] [] path_walk+0x57/0xb0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034135] [] do_path_lookup+0x53/0xa0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034140] [] user_path_at+0x52/0xa0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034145] [] ? ext4_readdir+0x83/0x4a0 Nov 27 04:41:54 core kernel: [1242602.034149] [] ? _spin_lock+0x9/0x10