[lustre-discuss] "Text file busy" error

[E.S. Rosenberg]

So what version of lustre is built in to kernel 4.5? We are switching
distro soon at the very least to kernel 4.16 + userspace 2.7 and now would
definitely be the best time to still decide to use a newer kernel.....

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:28 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <esr+lustre at mail.hebrew.edu
> wrote:

> The servers are lustre 2.5.3 on CentOS 6.5 from the official RPMs
>
> The problem was tested on 2 clients, all running Debian with a kernel we
> built.
> - kernel 3.17.8, according to /proc/fs/lustre/version - 2.3.64, the
> userspace programs (mount etc) are 2.5.3
> - kernel 4.1.6, /proc/fs/lustre/version - 2.3.64, userspace programs 2.7.52
>
> Wow, that's really a mess when you try to use mainline kernel.....
>
> BTW according to LU-6232 it was not solved.
>
> Thanks,
> Eli
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Dilger, Andreas <
> andreas.dilger at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> What version of Lustre are you running?  I thought we fixed that problem?
>>
>> Cheers, Andreas
>>
>> > On Apr 18, 2016, at 12:28, E.S. Rosenberg <esr+lustre at mail.hebrew.edu>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> > Several of our users ran into the "Text file busy" error described in
>> LU-6232 (and possibly related to LU-4398 and LU-4429).
>> >
>> > Has there been any progress on this issue?
>> >
>> > I feel pretty dumb when I have to explain this issue to them and how to
>> work around it....
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Eli
>> >
>> > Background for those who don't like reading bug reports:
>> > When creating a script if it gets run subsequently it becomes
>> impossible to edit said script after it's been run even though it is not
>> actively running anymore.
>> >
>> > Workarounds I have seen so far:
>> > - Use an editor that moves the current file to a backup like emacs
>> (bypasses the issue since you are in practice working on a different file)
>> > - chmod -x the file before editing (reverts to being editable)
>> > - run the file using sh /path/to/file instead of /path/to/file (then it
>> stays editable)
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