Hello,
We have production-level servers running the RH2.4.18+XFS kernel. We have found
under heavy load (NFS and samba) the filesystem will lock up completely, the
last thing being logged is:
Aug 16 08:07:03 phobos smbd[8842]: request_oplock_break: no response received
to oplock break request to pid 23785 on port 39505 for dev = 802, inode =
173896
772, file_id = 126
Aug 16 08:07:48 phobos kernel: lease timed out
Looking at the patches that went into kernel 2.4.19, there are numerous oplock
fixes, and I am hoping this will solve this issue.
I see there is a 2.4.19 patch in the XFS download directory. However the README
says this is a snapshot of CVS and is for development use only, and I don't see
a 2.4.19 Release 1.1 patch.. so I am kind of stuck between a rock and a hard
place. Is the 2.4.19 patch considered by most to be "stable", and safe to use?
Or is there a 2.4.19 XFS 1.1 patch coming out any time soon? What is the
recommended course of action in this case?
Thanks,
Joe
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Joe Mesterhazy
ECpE UNIX Administrator
2101 Coover Hall, Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011. (515) 294-7359
http://joe.mesterhazy.net/
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