Ok, I just did one last thing that seems to have completely
cleared up the deadlocks I've been experiencing. I simply
re-mkfs'd the affected filesystem, and I haven't had any
deadlocks since then. Apparently some latent fs damage got left
behind by the bug.
So...XFS-CVS (as it stands now) is apparently stable on Alpha.
No further patching needed. Those who have been bitten by the
bug, however, may need to repair or rebuild the filesystem
before the deadlocks go away. xfs_repair by itself may be
enough; if I'd been a little less spontaneous in my testing, I'd
have tried that first (d'oh!)
--
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does
it still cost four figures to fix?"
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