Subject: Re: [vserver] Experimental Branch usable in production?
From: "John A. Sullivan III" <jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:22:33 -0400

On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 19:57 +0200, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 07:29:45AM -0400, John A. Sullivan III wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 09:50 +0200, randall wrote:
> > > Oliver Welter wrote:
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> > > > Hi Folks,
> > > >
> > > > I am using vserver now for around 5 years and the stability is
> > > > awesome - thanks folks!
> > > >
> > > > I am currently running 2.6.22 with vs 2.2.0.7 but due to some
> > > > enhancements in the recent kernels I really want to go up to a more
> > > > recent one (at least 2.6.26). Anybody here running the experimental
> > > > stuff already in production systems?
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > >
> > > > Oliver
> > > > - --
> > > > Protect your environment -  close windows and adopt a penguin!
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> > > hi there,
> > > 
> > > i'm currently using the stock Debian Lenny version and have not 
> > > experienced any stability or other issues the last few months.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 2.6.26+17      2.3.0.35
> > > util-vserver: 0.30.216-pre2772;
> > > 
> > > there seem to be some issues mentioned on the wiki with this kernel, not 
> > > sure if its debian specific.
> > > 
> > > http://linux-vserver.org/Installation_on_Debian#Issues_with_the_current_2.6.26_Kernel
> > > 
> > There are some issues which more experienced folks than I pointed out to
> > me on this list.  We are required to use newer kernels (I believe >=.26)
> > because of a serious bug in iSCSI in earlier kernels.  However, in
> > both .27 and .28, we have picked up an extremely serious bug that has me
> > eagerly awaiting stable vserver for .29.  
> 
> well, time to start contributing (time or money), otherwise
> the testing required for a 'stable' release will not happen
> in the near future ...
We do indeed hope to start doing that as soon as our business turns
profitable.  We greatly appreciate the work that has gone into VServer.
> 
> > Every once and a while, a process sends the CPU into some kind of
> > loop. The process cannot be killed. The only option is a reboot of the
> > vserver host, not the individual vserver.
> 
> which kernels did you test with? what kernels did show this
> behaviour? and what messages ended up in the kenel log?
2.6.27 and 2.6.28.  I believe we recorded all the pertinent information
in previous posts.
> 
> > We saw this regularly with the OSSEC rootkit product but it is not
> > specific to OSSEC; we did see one other non-OSSEC
> 
> a test case would be good to start with!
If I recall correctly, it was not a VServer problem but rather a kernel
bug.  Thanks - John
> 
> best,
> Herbert
> 
> > instance - John
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> > John A. Sullivan III
> > Open Source Development Corporation
> > +1 207-985-7880
> > jsullivan@opensourcedevel.com
> > 
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