Subject: Re: [vserver] opteron server dies with vserver patch.
From: Pawel Sikora <pluto@pld-linux.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:16:16 +0200

 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:16:16 +0200
> Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> 
> > heh, the observed opteron's machine lock also occurs on a
> > loaded desktop machine with single disk and quad-core i3 cpu. 
> 
> > I'm wondering if the ext4 filesystem could be a faulty element? 
> 
> what kernel/patch version was that again?

it was on the 2.6.38.8 with vs2.3.0.37-rc17.

> > all these locking machines have ext4. i'll check ext3 in the
> > next week...
> 
> good idea ...

switching from ext4 to ext2 (ext3 not tested yet) looks like a working hack.
at least the 3.0.3 kernel with vs3.2.1-pre10 is working on ext2 with full load so far...

on the ext4 it dies in few minutes. recent dmesg and decoded patterns at:
http://pluto.agmk.net/kernel/vs-crash-3.0.3-vs2.3.1-pre10/

BR,
Paweł.