Hi, thanks for your fast reply. But now i run into a nullpointer exception while mounting /dev/osd0 [ 329.919112] Modules linked in: raid456 async_raid6_recov async_pq raid6_pq async_memcpy bnx2i cnic cxgb4i cxgb3i iscsi_tcp be2iscsi iscsi_boot_sysfs uio cxgb4 libcxgbi cxgb3 mdio libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi fuse ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack 8021q ip6table_filter ip6_tables garp stp llc fcoe libfcoe libfc scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt snd_ens1371 gameport snd_rawmidi snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus joydev snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm ppdev vmw_balloon floppy parport_pc snd_timer snd pcnet32 microcode parport pcspkr mii snd_page_alloc i2c_piix4 i2c_core shpchp uinput mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi [last unloaded: iscsi_tcp] [ 329.919133] [ 329.919134] Pid: 2234, comm: mount Not tainted 3.3.0-pnfs #1 VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform [ 329.919137] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81259799>] [<ffffffff81259799>] exofs_free_sbi+0x59/0xa0 [ 329.919139] RSP: 0018:ffff88003c4e5bc8 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 329.919141] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000001795 [ 329.919142] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000046 RDI: ffff88003c4f5000 [ 329.919143] RBP: ffff88003c4e5bd8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 329.919144] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88003c4f5000 [ 329.919145] R13: ffff88003c4e5d58 R14: 00000000fffffffb R15: ffff88003bd4e360 [ 329.919146] FS: 00007f68ce81d800(0000) GS:ffff88003fc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 329.919148] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 329.919149] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000003cbfd000 CR4: 00000000000406f0 [ 329.919152] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 329.919155] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 329.919156] Process mount (pid: 2234, threadinfo ffff88003c4e4000, task ffff88003aa42e40) [ 329.919157] Stack: [ 329.919158] ffff88003c4f5000 ffff88003c4f5800 ffff88003c4e5d18 ffffffff8125a780 [ 329.919160] ffff88003c4e5c84 0000000081f27618 ffffffff81f27600 ffff88003f80c288 [ 329.919162] ffff88003ddbeee0 0000000000000000 ffff88003c4e5c48 ffffffff812c8433 [ 329.919164] Call Trace: [ 329.919166] [<ffffffff8125a780>] exofs_fill_super+0x440/0x6e0 [ 329.919171] [<ffffffff812c8433>] ? idr_pre_get+0x53/0x90 [ 329.919173] [<ffffffff8125a340>] ? exofs_read_lookup_dev_table+0x480/0x480 [ 329.919176] [<ffffffff81180e18>] mount_nodev+0x58/0xb0 [ 329.919178] [<ffffffff812594ff>] exofs_mount+0x4f/0x80 [ 329.919179] [<ffffffff81181e13>] mount_fs+0x43/0x1b0 [ 329.919182] [<ffffffff8119b56a>] vfs_kern_mount+0x6a/0xf0 [ 329.919183] [<ffffffff8119bd44>] do_kern_mount+0x54/0x110 [ 329.919185] [<ffffffff8119d4b4>] do_mount+0x1a4/0x830 [ 329.919188] [<ffffffff8115da33>] ? alloc_pages_current+0xa3/0x110 [ 329.919191] [<ffffffff811229e4>] ? __get_free_pages+0x14/0x50 [ 329.919193] [<ffffffff8119d18a>] ? copy_mount_options+0x3a/0x170 [ 329.919194] [<ffffffff8119dc80>] sys_mount+0x90/0xe0 [ 329.919199] [<ffffffff81605aa9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 329.919200] Code: 66 90 41 8b 84 24 70 03 00 00 83 eb 01 39 c3 72 50 41 8b 94 24 74 03 00 00 01 c2 39 d3 73 42 89 da 29 c2 49 8b 84 24 88 03 00 00 <48> 8b 04 d0 48 8b 38 48 85 ff 74 0c 48 c7 00 00 00 00 00 e8 6f [ 329.919214] RIP [<ffffffff81259799>] exofs_free_sbi+0x59/0xa0 [ 329.919216] RSP <ffff88003c4e5bc8> [ 329.919217] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 329.919220] ---[ end trace e5a3b1124e42d9e3 ]--- Is there any possibility to avoid these failure? Just now i am using the 3.3.0 kernel from the linux-pnfs repository. Thanks in adavance Cheers Johannes -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Tue, 15 May 2012 12:48:08 +0300 > Von: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > An: Johannes Schild <JSchild@xxxxxx> > CC: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, open-osd <osd-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Betreff: Re: Questions about Exofs > On 05/15/2012 12:03 PM, Johannes Schild wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > i try to set up the object-based layout with pnfs. > > I am using the OSC-OSD as target. It works well and i can login. > > Trying the scripts "do-*" from git://git.open-osd.org/open-osd.git the > do-osd script works for me. The do-exofs doesnt, here i have some question: > > > > 1. Is the UUID in the do-exofs script optional? > > > > > No it is not optional > > > 2. If no how can i get it for my device? > > > > > Exactly! the ./do-exofs format command will set this for you, as well as > mkfs.exofs the > FS for you. > > > 3. It is mandatory to use raid-driver (raid456) in the script? Why? > > > > > What? where? Rrrr you are right. this is a very old tree. Let me see > if I have something newer to push. It should all load automatically now. > > But yes the dependency on raid456.ko is built in. Though if you use > raid=0 on the format command line it will not be used in run time. > > > > > The error is: > > mount -t exofs -o > osdname=d2683732-c906-4ee1-9dbd-c10c27bb40df,pid=0x10000,_netdev /dev/osd0 /mnt/osd0/ > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/osd0, > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > > dmesg | tail or so > > > > dmesg says: > > exofs: Unable to mount exofs on (null) pid=0x0 err=-22 > > > > > Probably you forgot the "./do-exofs format" stage. Please read the script > before, you might need to edit it. It is the stage that calls mkfs.exofs > to make a new filesystem for you. (An OSD is a raw device that can host > many filesystems each in it's own osd-partition. > > > > > Thanks for answering my questions. > > > > Regards > > Johannes > > > > > Cheers > Boaz > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- NEU: FreePhone 3-fach-Flat mit kostenlosem Smartphone! Jetzt informieren: http://mobile.1und1.de/?ac=OM.PW.PW003K20328T7073a -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html