[Linux-cluster] GFS2 Problem

[David Teigland]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 11:18:47AM +0100, Nuno Fernandes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having weird problems in gfs partitions:
> 
> GFS2: fsid=clt_client:kerneis.4: jid=12: Trying to acquire journal lock...
> GFS2: fsid=clt_client:kerneis.4: jid=12: Busy
> GFS2: fsid=clt_client:kerneis.4: fatal: 
> assertion "!ip->i_inode.i_mapping->nrpages" failed
> GFS2: fsid=clt_client:kerneis.4:   function = inode_go_inval, file = 
> fs/gfs2/glops.c, line = 195
> GFS2: fsid=clt_client:kerneis.4: about to withdraw this file system
> GFS2: fsid=clt_client:kerneis.4: telling LM to withdraw
> 
> I'm using RHEL5 ina  14 node cluster. The gfs partition has 32 journals.

I'm not sure if that particular bug is fixed yet (it probably is).

As you probably know, gfs2 is still in preview/beta mode.  If you want to
experiment with gfs2 you should be prepared to compile a newer version
from source with all the latest fixes.  You can get a recent version by
using an -rc (slightly older) or -mm (the latest) kernel from kernel.org.

Dave