Re: Weird Issue with raid 5+0

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On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:16:40 +1100
Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:26:42 -0500
> chris <tknchris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > That is exactly what I didn't want to hear :( I am running
> > 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64. Are you sure its a kernel problem and nothing to
> > do with my chunk/block sizes? If this is a bug what versions are
> > affected, I'll build a new domU kernel and see if I can get it working
> > there.
> > 
> > - chris
> 
> I'm absolutely sure it is a kernel bug.

though it just occurs to me that you might be able to work around it.
If, in the guest, you set "max_sectors_kb" to "4"
in /sys/block/whatever/queue, it might avoid the problem.

NeilBrown


> I have no idea what version might be affected.  Probably all, but 
> as xen isn't fully in main line it isn't easy for me to explore.
> 
> I suggest you contact the xen developers (or whoever you got xen from).
> I'm happy to discuss the problem with someone who knows about xen block
> device access, but I don't want to go hunting to find such a person.
> 
> NeilBrown

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