Re: [Evms-devel] EVMS + XFS + NFS + Snapshot problem

[Martin <msc...@gm...>]

On Saturday 18 June 2005 15:17, Kevin Corry wrote:

Hi Kevin,

> Novell bug 75941 is about the lvextend command hanging while running on an
> XFS volume under load, but it applies equally to snapshots. It involved a
> simple fix to the VFS code that "freezes" filesystems when requested by the
> block-layer. The patch was added during the SLES9-SP2 beta period.
>
> Novell bug 62032 is about hangs caused by xfs_freeze, and involved the same
> area of code as 75941.

Thanks for the clarifications. Well, I don't see any mention of 75941 in the 
latest beta-kernel's changelog, so I will be quite reluctant to use the SP2 
kernel once it is released as GA.

> Were you able to gather any information about the cause of the "sporadic"
> hangs you still got with the SP2-RC2 kernel?

Unfortunately not. I only know that it did not happen once since I switched to 
mainline kernel 2.6.11.12. I emailed Hubert Mantel and also filed a bug using 
SuSE's feedback form but did not get anything but automated replies. What 
could be done to gather any information? The logs were empty...

Regards,
Martin Schaffoener