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

Mag Gam magawake at gmail.com
Thu Apr 9 05:20:17 PDT 2009


Is there a bugzilla entry for 1.6.7 where we can see all the patches
available? I would like to test out 1.6.7 but patch it myself for
learning experience. Also I want to build a hardened version of 1.6.7
and possibly distribute it out



On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Andreas Dilger <adilger at sun.com> wrote:
> 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
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
> Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
>
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