Re: Major XFS problems...

[Bill Davidsen]

Greg Banks wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 01:44, Jakob Oestergaard wrote:
>
> > SMP systems on 2.6 have a problem with XFS+NFS.
>
>
> Knfsd threads in 2.6 are no longer serialised by the BKL, and the
> change has exposed a number of SMP issues in the dcache.  Try the
> two patches at
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108330112505555&w=2
>
> and
>
> http://linus.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> (the latter is in recent Linus kernels).  If you're still having
> problems after applying those patches, Nathan and I need to know.

Do I read you right that this is an SMP issue and that the NFS, quota, 
backup and all that are not relevant? I will pass on the patches you 
supplied to someone who is having similar problems with no NFS and no 
quota, a TB of storage which gets beaten without mercy 24x4.5 and which 
has been having issues as load has gone up.

--
   -bill davidsen (davidsen@xxxxxxx)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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