Re: xfs_repair xfsprogs version > 2.8.11

[David Chatterton <chatz@melbourne.sgi.com>]

Ying-Hung,

Can you please provide some info on your configuration? Obviously we are
not seeing this problem in our own tests and reproducing this will help
to resolve it.

Thanks,

David


Ying-Hung Chen wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> actually, i have trace the code in to xfs_repair/threads.c (taken from
> 2.8.18)
> 
> void
> thread_init(void)
> {
>     ....
>     if ((status = pthread_attr_getstacksize(&attr, &stacksize)) != 0)
>         do_error(_("status from pthread_attr_getstacksize: %d"),
>         status);
> 
>     stacksize *= 4;
> 
>     if ((status = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stacksize)) != 0)
>         do_error(_("status from pthread_attr_setstacksize: %d"),
>         status);
>  ....
>  }
> 
> the repair program dies in pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stacksize)).
> is there any reason why the program is trying to set the stacksize into
> 4 times the current size?
> 
> just for testing purposes, I remove the stacksize *= 4; the xfs_repair
> seems to 'work', at least from user's point of view.
> 
> I have tested with x86 32bits machines with 2.4 and 2.6 kernels, they
> both yield with the same results,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Ying
> 
> Ying-Hung Chen wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I found that xfs_repair always returns the following message with the
>> xfsprogs version > 2.8.11
>>
>> [root@yroro i586]# xfs_repair /dev/hdb1
>>
>> fatal error -- status from pthread_attr_setstacksize: 22
>>
>> from the ChangeLog, seems like there is some internal changes with
>> threads starting 2.8.11 .. the xfs_repair works for me up to 2.8.11, it
>> fails to work on 2.8.16 and 2.8.18,
>>
>> how do I work around this problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Ying
>>
> 

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David Chatterton
XFS Engineering Manager
SGI Australia