LinuxLists.cc - 2.5 Problem Report Status

2002-09-17 01:52:50

Subject: 2.5 Problem Report Status

2002-09-17 12:32:07

by Helge Hafting

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Subject: Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

Thomas Molina wrote:

> 14 RAID boot problem open 2.5.34
>
This one got fixed in 2.5.34-bk6 and is ok in 2.5.35.

One may boot from a root RAID-1 now, if it don't
need to resync.

The kernel dies within a minute or two
if it has to resync a sufficiently big
raid-1 though - by freezing solid. Sometimes
with several 0-order allocation failures first.
this is a known problem.

This is made a bit worse by the way later
kernels also makes shutdown segfault so
the RAID's cannot be shutdown correctly.

My solution is to always boot 2.5.7 for
a correct 5-min sync after shutdown, before testing
a new kernel. :-/

Helge Hafting

2002-09-17 20:52:21

by William Lee Irwin III

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Subject: Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:57:43PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> Following is from my web page at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> Upon request from several lkml subscribers I've converted from my
> hand-created thread links to links pointing at the lkml archives, as well
> as including live links here.

I wonder what happened to the issues I reported, since none of them have
gone away.

Bill

2002-09-17 20:54:10

by Thomas Molina

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Subject: Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Helge Hafting wrote:

> Thomas Molina wrote:
>
> > 14 RAID boot problem open 2.5.34
> >
> This one got fixed in 2.5.34-bk6 and is ok in 2.5.35.
>
> One may boot from a root RAID-1 now, if it don't
> need to resync.
>
> The kernel dies within a minute or two
> if it has to resync a sufficiently big
> raid-1 though - by freezing solid. Sometimes
> with several 0-order allocation failures first.
> this is a known problem.

That was pretty much what I was gathering from the ongoing discussion on
another thread, but thanks for confirming. It sounds as if there is a bit
of work to do, but as long as folks are satisfied with the workarounds
I'll mark this close and make a note for my "long-term" file to ask about
later.

2002-09-18 08:34:42

by Thomas Molina

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Subject: Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status

They may not have gone away, but I also haven't seen discussion of them.
Without discussion I can't tell whether it got fixed, is being actively
worked (is it done yet?), or simply doesn't matter.

How would folks prefer I handle this?

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Subject: Re: 2.5 Problem Report Status
From: William Lee Irwin III <[email protected]>
Date: 2002-09-17 20:48:19

On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:57:43PM -0500, Thomas Molina wrote:
> Following is from my web page at:
> http://members.cox.net/tmolina/kernprobs/status.html
> Upon request from several lkml subscribers I've converted from my
> hand-created thread links to links pointing at the lkml archives, as
well
> as including live links here.

I wonder what happened to the issues I reported, since none of them have
gone away.