From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dE Subject: Re: reiser4 + loop + NFS = disaster. Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 09:36:14 +0530 Message-ID: <4DDB2EB6.8070906@gmail.com> References: <4DD7E3C9.3030103@gmail.com> <4DD7E8D0.2090300@gmail.com> <4DD87F64.2040407@gmail.com> <4DD8EDD1.7040401@gmail.com> <4DD924DA.208@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=rOz3DYMmKZ+p9DIAOkcsgZ2A1M/bp5fFGPSa0xroiWA=; b=AphshkdPV2NkEpEFXduZXPvnljJwlKsdSyVAvVPyYI25O2l0s3FmwO/SsJbUZPVtTA qfSb63Ts4v9+F6izeAbYrikvxXJXss79KEHcKWzkF+z15lu4vtoH1Qp3hE9qoqCUn0Z2 dkNOg4wLZJRNpIXHHPlw5fcz/C+jphk7k6DHg= In-Reply-To: Sender: reiserfs-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org On 05/22/11 21:51, Edward Shishkin wrote: > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 4:59 PM, dE wrote: >> On 05/22/11 16:34, Edward Shishkin wrote: >>> On 05/22/2011 05:13 AM, dE wrote: >>>> On 05/21/11 22:01, Edward Shishkin wrote: >>>>> On 05/21/2011 06:09 PM, dE wrote: >>>>>> I've been trying to loop mount reiser4 which resides on a file on an >>>>>> exported NFS partition, it mounts fine but when copying a lot of small >>>>>> files inside a complex directory tree everything just hangs all of a >>>>>> sudden, in fact the whole share hangs. Any operation on the share >>>>>> (including bash completion) will hang bash (or in that case any >>>>>> application) completely. >>>>>> >>>>>> Doing the same will work with any other FS. Parameters for reiser4 - >>>>> which kernel is on NFS server? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Edward. >>>>> >>>> 2.6.32-debian. >>> Could you please upgrade to the latest one (.38)? >>> I remember there were some problems with loop >>> devices over reiser4 files that have been fixed. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Edward. >>> >> Humm.. does it matter? It's just a server (it doesn't even have reiser4 >> support). The client matters, that's 37. > From your message I have understood that you export a file which is on > reiser4 partition. > > Anyway, I don't consider complaints on -zen stuff. Perhaps this is > problem in reiser4, but it would be better to make sure that it is > reproducible in the configuration vanilla kernel 2.6.38 + > reiser4-for-2.6.38.patch. > > Thanks, > Edward. > >>> Client is 2.6.37-zen (Gentoo) >>>>>> >>>>>> create=ccreg40,compress=gzip1,compressMode=force,fibration=lexic_fibre,formatting=tails >>> "formatting=tails" makes sense only for default file plugin (creg40). >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Edward. >> It looks like the Zen kernel is a complete piece of rubble, you're right. It shows many other reiser4 related problems with systemrescuecd doesn't. There're a lot of non-reiser4 related issues too. Speaking of which I was wondering about switching directly to 2.6.39, is a patch for 39 on the horizon?