[lustre-discuss] Lustre [2.8.0] flock Functionality

[Torsten Harenberg]

Am 28.03.17 um 21:43 schrieb Mohr Jr, Richard Frank (Rick Mohr):
> 
>> On Mar 28, 2017, at 1:49 PM, DeWitt, Chad <ccdewitt at uncc.edu> wrote:
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>> We've encountered several programs that require flock, so we are now investigating enabling flock functionality.  However, the Lustre manual includes a passage in regards to flocks which gives us pause:
>>
>> "Warning
>> This mode affects the performance of the file being flocked and may affect stability, depending on the Lustre version used.  Consider using a newer Lustre version which is more stable. If the consistent mode is enabled and no applications are using flock, then it has no effect."
>>
>> We are running Lustre 2.8.0 (servers and clients).  I've looked through Jira, but didn't see anything that looked like a showstopper.  
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>> Just curious if anyone has enabled flocks and encountered issues?  Anything in particular to look out for?
> 
> I have enabled flock on all my Lustre file systems (2.4.3 and 2.8), and I have not yet encountered any issues.

running flock here as well on ~200 nodes with 2.5.3 servers and 2.8.0
clients without any problems.

Cheers

  Torsten

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