Package: kernel-2.6 Version: Linux 2.6.26-2-parisc Architecture: parisc Please consider including the attached parisc-specific patch to Debian's 2.6.26 stable parisc Linux kernel. A similiar patch was applied to Linus' official kernel 2.6.31-rc2 with commit e82a3b75127188f20c7780bec580e148beb29da7 This patch fixes deadlocks in the parisc Linux kernel with high I/O when under memory pressure. diffstat shows arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- arch/parisc/kernel/pci-dma.c | 12 ++++++++---- include/asm-parisc/tlbflush.h | 13 ++++++------- 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) I'll submit the same patch to the 2.6.26-stable kernel series team as well. It has already been accepted by the stable kernel team for 2.6.29 and 2.6.30. Thanks! Helge