Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Gerry Reno [mailto:greno at verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 8:22 PM > To: Gerry Reno > Cc: Ross S. W. Walker; drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > Subject: Re: [DRBD-user] [Fwd: Re: [Linux-HA] heartbeat > 2.0.8: lockups]kerneloops > > Gerry Reno wrote: > > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > >> > >> The drbd replica was running correctly until HA was > installed? HA really > >> doesn't any low-level stuff, but it is sensitive to > performance issues > >> such as freezes which might explain the problems occurring. > >> > >> Try to make a custom kernel with the MD patches and run > the backup and > >> see it it halts. > >> > >> -Ross > >> > > It's hard to say. I had installed DRBD about 3 days before > I installed > > heartbeat. There didn't seem to be any problems until heartbeat was > > running. But that could just be coincidence. The problem could have > > been there and just hadn't manifested itself yet probably because I > > didn't have the backups running right then. The hangs don't occur > > regularly. Sometimes it will go two, three days without > hanging. Other > > days it might hang twice in the same day. The only common > observation > > is that so far it's always on the primary. Never had the secondary > > hang. So it's when the array is visible. > > > > I'm going to think about my options here. The last time I built a > > custom kernel it took me forever to debug the thing and get it > > compiled right. I might just shrink a > filesystem/LV/md/partition and > > put a small LV for the metadata directly on a new > partition. All the > > disk slots are full in the case so this looks like it might be the > > easiest right now. > > > > Gerry > > > > > Ross, > I was researching Lars patch as you suggested and then I went over to > check the linux-kernel list and I don't see any mention of it on the > list. So did this patch make it in somewhere? It would be > nice to know > that it is in the newer kernels. Not yet is the best I can determine. It takes longer for kernel outsiders to get patches recognized and included. I'm sure Lars can give the full details of it's status. The less painless way to custom build a kernel for a distro is to get the distro's source package for their latest stable kernel and throw the patch into their included list of patches and build using their default config. That way you get a kernel pretty much like the distro's but with the included fix. -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.