From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Justin Piszcz Subject: Re: change strip_cache_size freeze the whole raid Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:10:50 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <001801c73e14$c3177170$28df0f3d@kylecea1512a3f> <45B4D0ED.7030500@maine.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: In-Reply-To: <45B4D0ED.7030500@maine.edu> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Steve Cousins Cc: kyle , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Steve Cousins wrote: > > > Justin Piszcz wrote: > > Yes, I noticed this bug too, if you change it too many times or change it at > > the 'wrong' time, it hangs up when you echo numbr > /proc/stripe_cache_size. > > > > Basically don't run it more than once and don't run it at the 'wrong' time > > and it works. Not sure where the bug lies, but yeah I've seen that on 3 > > different machines! > > Can you tell us when the "right" time is or maybe what the "wrong" time is? > Also, is this kernel specific? Does it (increasing stripe_cache_size) work > with RAID6 too? > > Thanks, > > Steve > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Steve Cousins, Ocean Modeling Group Email: cousins@umit.maine.edu > Marine Sciences, 452 Aubert Hall http://rocky.umeoce.maine.edu > Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 Phone: (207) 581-4302 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Also, I have not tested the stripe_cache_size under RAID6, I am unsure. Justin.