[Lustre-discuss] WARNING: Potential directory corruptions on the MDS with 1.6.7

[Andreas Dilger]

On Apr 08, 2009  16:58 -0500, Andrea Rucks wrote:
> For a new production system, we downloaded Lustre 1.6.7 a couple weeks ago 
> and have installed and configured it.  I just read this warning:
> 
> >A bug has been identified in 1.6.7 that can cause directory corruptions 
> >on the MDT. A patch and full details are in bug 18695 - 
> >https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18695
> 
> >We recommend to anyone running 1.6.7 on the MDS to unmount the MDT, run 
> >e2fsck against the MDT device and apply the patch from bug 18695 as soon 
> >as possible.
> 
> I've visited this page, but am uncertain as to how to "apply the patch" 
> (does it require compiling?).  Are there any instructions available, or 
> perhaps someone could point me to a FAQ?

I would instead suggest to downgrade the RPMs on your MDS to 1.6.6 until
the 1.6.7.1 packages are available.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.