More info, hot off the presses. I just unmounted the GFS on another server, and two others with hung processes sprang back to life. So, it appears to be some kind of locking issue, but I have no idea what. On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:53:45AM -0600, Brynnen R Owen wrote: > Hi all, > > While my initial problems with getting the locking/fencing seem to > be solved with the proper magma modules, my initial problem is not > solved. I have been running some test backups to a GFS partition > which somehow has a bad directory on it. Here's what I mean. Any > process that tries to open this "bad" directory gets hung forever in a > "D" state. There are no errors/warnings/logs anywhere. I have tried > 'ls <path>', 'find .' on a directory above this bad one in the path, > '/gfs_tool stat <path>', and the original perl script which was > descending into directories and copying stuff. I now have 4 hung > processes. The machine still appears awake. 'df' still works (this > is an improvement over the old failure method). Any suggestions? > > I'm using lock_dlm > gfs from CVS on Nov 11. which I applied to a kernel.org 2.6.9 kernel. > Using mptscsih fibre channel cards. > Athlon processors with athlon extensions > No extra high memory (1G limit) > Non-SMP > base system is RedHat 9. > > copy of /proc/cluster/status (fifth node was never active): > Version: 3.0.1 > Config version: 7 > Cluster name: gslis-san1 > Cluster ID: 43161 > Membership state: Cluster-Member > Nodes: 4 > Expected_votes: 5 > Total_votes: 4 > Quorum: 3 > Active subsystems: 8 > Node addresses: 192.168.1.240 > > copy of /proc/cluster/services: > Service Name GID LID State > Code > Fence Domain: "default" 1 2 run - > [1 3 4 2] > > DLM Lock Space: "archive-content" 2 3 run - > [1 3 4 2] > > DLM Lock Space: "archive-home" 4 5 run - > [1 3 4 2] > > GFS Mount Group: "archive-content" 3 4 run - > [1 3 4 2] > > GFS Mount Group: "archive-home" 5 6 run - > [1 3 4 2] > > > -- > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > <> Brynnen Owen ( this space for rent )<> > <> owen@xxxxxxxx ( )<> > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > -- > > Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> <> Brynnen Owen ( this space for rent )<> <> owen@xxxxxxxx ( )<> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
