Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751914AbXAVPKx (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:10:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751909AbXAVPKw (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:10:52 -0500 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:60680 "EHLO lucidpixels.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751890AbXAVPKv (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:10:51 -0500 Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:10:50 -0500 (EST) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: Steve Cousins cc: kyle , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: change strip_cache_size freeze the whole raid In-Reply-To: <45B4D0ED.7030500@maine.edu> Message-ID: References: <001801c73e14$c3177170$28df0f3d@kylecea1512a3f> <45B4D0ED.7030500@maine.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1445 Lines: 42 On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Steve Cousins wrote: > > > Justin Piszcz wrote: > > Yes, I noticed this bug too, if you change it too many times or change it at > > the 'wrong' time, it hangs up when you echo numbr > /proc/stripe_cache_size. > > > > Basically don't run it more than once and don't run it at the 'wrong' time > > and it works. Not sure where the bug lies, but yeah I've seen that on 3 > > different machines! > > Can you tell us when the "right" time is or maybe what the "wrong" time is? > Also, is this kernel specific? Does it (increasing stripe_cache_size) work > with RAID6 too? > > Thanks, > > Steve > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > Steve Cousins, Ocean Modeling Group Email: cousins@umit.maine.edu > Marine Sciences, 452 Aubert Hall http://rocky.umeoce.maine.edu > Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 Phone: (207) 581-4302 > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Also, I have not tested the stripe_cache_size under RAID6, I am unsure. Justin. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/