Re: [PATCH] Inode reclaim fixes (was Re: 2.6.31 xfs_fs_destroy_inode: cannot reclaim)

[Patrick Schreurs <patrick@news-service.com>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1938 bytes --]

Hello Dave,

I'm afraid we had another crash a few days ago. Have a look at the 
screenshot. Can you make anything out of it? This server is running 
2.6.32.3 with your inode-reclaim patch applied and XFS_DEBUG still enabled.

Thanks for looking into this.

-Patrick

On 15-1-2010 12:01, Patrick Schreurs wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> I think it's save to consider this issue fixed. We have currently 9
> servers operational with these patches and they have been stable so far.
> For a 100% certainty we'll have to test/wait a little bit longer, but
> considering the frequency of crashes we saw earlier i think it's save to
> come to a conclusion.
>
> I hope these patches will be included in 2.6.33 and will be back ported
> to at least 2.6.32.
>
> Many thanks to Dave and to Christoph for fixing this apparently rare and
> seldom triggered condition.
>
> -Patrick
>
> Dave Chinner wrote:
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> I've attached two compendium patches that will hopefully fix
>> the inode reclaim problems you've been seeing - one is for 2.6.31,
>> the other is for 2.6.32. I've cc'd this to the XFS list ѕo that
>> anyone else who has been seeing crashes, assert failures and
>> general nastiness around inode reclaim can test them as well.
>>
>> These are not final patches - there's a few changes that Christoph
>> has picked up on during review - so there'll be another round of
>> patches before checkins and -stable backports can be requested.
>>
>> I'm hoping that these patches fix your problem, because with them
>> I can't make my machines fall over anymore....
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Dave.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> xfs mailing list
>> xfs@oss.sgi.com
>> http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
>
> _______________________________________________
> xfs mailing list
> xfs@oss.sgi.com
> http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs


[-- Attachment #2: sb06-20100128.jpg --]
[-- Type: image/jpeg, Size: 90397 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #3: Type: text/plain, Size: 121 bytes --]

_______________________________________________
xfs mailing list
xfs@oss.sgi.com
http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs