From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4ABAfrZ026403 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 07:10:41 -0400 Received: from batmobile.robinbowes.com (84-51-160-76.pambow882.adsl.metronet.co.uk [84.51.160.76]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with SMTP id k4ABAbT4019359 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 07:10:38 -0400 Message-ID: <4461CA20.2050305@robinbowes.com> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:10:24 +0100 From: Robin Bowes MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Snapshot segfaults lvremove + bug kernel References: <01b701c66dcb$5176d9d0$0101000a@jack> <20060509094146.GA2708@redhat.com> <4460DC3D.3090008@robinbowes.com> <20060510104844.GR31579@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20060510104844.GR31579@redhat.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development Heinz Mauelshagen wrote: > On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 07:15:25PM +0100, Robin Bowes wrote: >> Do you have any idea when we might see a fix for this? Is the bug >> present in later versions? > > A fix has been provided ~2 weeks ago to lkml and was tested ok. > It is in the recent stable kernels. Can you define "recent" so I know which to install. >> For example, I've got a box running FC4 that has this problem. If I >> upgrade to FC5 am I likely to still see the problem? > > Yes. So, the FC5 kernels don't have the fix? Even in the Testing repos? >> Also, what's the best way to get rid of the snapshot volumes? I'm >> currently planning to boot from a recovery disk that supports lvm and >> run lvremove from there. > > That or using a n actual stable kernel *should* work, > because tearing down kcopyd jobs dies with the bug under load. OK, thanks. R.