Hi Joe -
The 2.4.19 snapshot patch is just that, a snapshot. There are no plans
to forward-port XFS 1.1 to 2.4.19, although it might not be to bad if you wanted
to give it a shot yourself.
If you need a newer released version of XFS, we are planning a new release
fairly soon, based on 2.4.19, but it will be a few weeks until it is available.
OTOH, we have internally tested a CVS kernel from about a month ago
fairly heavily, and it did well. If you have a test box that you
can evaluate the current CVS on, you may find that it meets your needs.
-Eric
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Joseph Mesterhazy wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> 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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