Lon Hohberger wrote: > On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 11:45 -0500, Robert Peterson wrote: >> Alain Moulle wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> Strange, when you do : >>> less /proc/cluster/status >>> on one node of a HA pair, the system crashes ! >>> If you use cat /proc/cluster/status, no crash. >>> Any explanation ? >>> Is it always true with CS4 U4 ? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Alain Moullé >>> >> Hi Alain, >> >> Please file a new bugzilla for this problem. Assign it to >> rpeterso@xxxxxxxxxx >> I was able to recreate it on RHEL4 U4, and that surprises me. >> Incidentally, >> cat /proc/cluster/status works just fine. I'll investigate why less >> doesn't. > > I wonder if 'more' uses lseek() and less doesn't? less reads the start of the file in a small chunk (64 bytes I think) and the code in proc_cluster_status doesn't stop when it reaches the 'length' parameter (slapped wrist). That routine should really be changed to use seq_file like the rest of them. It probably used to be OK, but more and more stuff has been added to the /proc file over time and it's a lot bigger than it used to be ! -- patrick -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
