On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 08:06:01PM +0800, David Teigland wrote: > The dlm can get into a real problem if gfs hold "too many" locks. If a > gfs node fails, it's likely that some of the locks the dlm mastered on > that node need to be remastered on remaining nodes. Those remaining nodes > may not have enough memory to remaster all the locks -- the dlm recovery > process eats up all the memory and hangs. In practice, I've actually run out of memory when rebuilding the resource directory. This could be helped by adding VMS-like "lock directory weights". And it can be a problem when nodes unmount (and leave the lockspace); it doesn't require nodes failing. -- Dave Teigland <teigland@xxxxxxxxxx>
