[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] remove lockres from purge list when we are getting it for creating lock

[Sunil Mushran]

On 06/09/2011 05:32 PM, Wengang Wang wrote:
> On 11-06-09 11:34, Sunil Mushran wrote:
>> Different issue. That patch plugged a hole when the master was remote.
>> In this case the master is local.
> I think in my case, the master is remote too. The phenomemon is local
> node keeps sending messages infinitely to the master which is dead.
>> In this case, the window is very tiny as we not only need the recovery to
>> kick-in in the that window, we also need the lockres to be moved to the
>> purgelist in that window.
>>
>> But it just so happens that ovm via userdlm hits createlock a lot making
>> this issue more likely to trigger than with the fs.
> Yes, OVM create the lock in every 5 seconds via dlmfs.

Do you have a reproducible testcase? If not, work on that. That would
be most helpful in fixing this issue.

Right now I am also working on a problem in this area. Not the same
though. I can work on this issue too. But I need a testcase.