From: "Lever, Charles" Subject: RE: linux 2.4.20 oops Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:56:22 -0700 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <6440EA1A6AA1D5118C6900902745938E07D55598@black.eng.netapp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from mx01.netapp.com ([198.95.226.53]) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 19AYPL-0007KE-00 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:56:43 -0700 Received: from frejya.corp.netapp.com (frejya [10.10.20.91]) by mx01.netapp.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/NTAP-1.4) with ESMTP id h3TGubFB006708 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:56:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from black.eng.netapp.com (black.eng.netapp.com [10.56.10.24]) by frejya.corp.netapp.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/NTAP-1.4) with ESMTP id h3TGubln025308 for ; Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:56:37 -0700 (PDT) To: "Trond Myklebust (E-mail)" Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: the fix appears in 2.4.21-pre7, but was removed from 2.4.21-rc1. trond? > -----Original Message----- > From: Danny Smith [mailto:dannys@cinesite.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:44 PM > To: Philippe Troin > Cc: Brasseur Val=E9ry; nfs@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [NFS] linux 2.4.20 oops >=20 >=20 >=20 > Philippe Troin wrote: >=20 > >Danny Smith writes: > > =20 > > > >>We used this patch from Ulrich Weigand > >>(weigand@informatik.uni-erlangen.de), and haven't seen a problem > >>since. See the archives for full details - basically seems to be an > >>SMP race in rpc_delete_timer(). If you're not on an SMP system, = it's > >>probably NOT the right fix. > >> =20 > >> > > > >Has this been pushed to 2.4.21? > > =20 > > > Not AFAIK. > From the comments in the original post I saw, it looks like=20 > Trond did=20 > produce a similar patch, but I couldn't see anything when I=20 > was looking=20 > for a resolution to our problems. Perhaps it's worth waiting for more = > confirmation that this is > a) harmless in all cases, and > b) fixes the problems being seen > before trying to get this pushed up. I freely confess that I=20 > don't know=20 > enough of this code at this level to feel confident beyond "it works=20 > well for us". >=20 > Danny >=20 > --=20 > Danny Smith > Senior Systems Administrator, Cinesite (Europe) Ltd > 020 7973 4000 - x4055 / dannys@cinesite.co.uk >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs >=20 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs