Hello...
To make it easier, I'll summarize several message posts:
Steve Lord wrote:
> The 2.4.5 based kernel RPMs do not include any redhat patches, they are
> just a base kernel + XFS. Attempting to integrate redhat's patch set into
> a different kernel base is like juggling spaghetti!
D'oh. I should have actually looked at what was in them. I was
guessing they were RH rawhide + XFS
Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Hm, is aacraid even in 2.4.5?
From the other posts, apparently not. Oops
Christian, Chip wrote:
> It was added by RedHat, so I guess the expectation is that it exist
in all kernel rpms?
Actually, I thought they were in Linus's kernel already.
Nathan Straz wrote:
> Did you get a look at the process table before you took the machine
> down? Theorically, if some of the Apache processes hit a common
> deadlock, it would keep spawning new servers which would hit the same
> deadlock and the load would skyrocket like you describe.
>
> I don't remember if kdb is in PR3, but if you could get a back trace of
> the deadlocked processes, that might be helpful.
<and>
Seth Mos wrote:
> More details please, what does it do beside webserving in what setup is
> the machine configured.
> Do the logfiles or dmesg have any messages, are there hung processes is
> this a highmem machine?
<and others similar>
This server is a web only server, part of a server farm behind a cisco
LocalDirector. So if there was a php coding problem/apache problem, I
would have probably seen it across all the servers. Also going back to
XFS kernel rpm 1.0 made the problem go away.
I have a devel machine I tested XFS on originally (and 1.0.1PR3 rpms).
It runs fine. The server I had the problems on is a production server
now. So I really can't test anything on it. No web trafic == No $$$
When this was happening, my main concern was getting the server back
operational, not getting debug/process info. SOrry. But I did think it
warrented at least a report to the developers.
I'll try the next PR release and watch it. I'll try to be ready to get
error messages and such.
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