[Ocfs2-users] OCFS 1.2.4 memory problems still?

[Sunil Mushran]

Start monitoring /proc/slabinfo and /proc/meminfo. Dump it to a file 
every 5-10 mins.

Which version of the rhel4 kernel are you on: uname -a?

Cline, Ernie wrote:
> I have a 2 node cluster of HP DL380G4s.  These machines are attached via
> scsi to an external HP disk enclosure.  They run 32bit RH AS 4.0 and
> OCFS 1.2.4, the latest release.  They were upgraded from 1.2.3 only a
> few days after 1.2.4 was released.  I had reported on the mailing list
> that my developers were happy, and things seemed faster.  However, twice
> in that time, the cluster has gone down due to the kernel OOM killer
> killing processes, and then ASR kicks in, and eventually reboots the
> box.
>
> I am also starting to notice some directory corruption, and errors like
> this in /var/log/messages
>
> Feb 18 04:14:37 cyber1 kernel: (23693,1):ocfs2_check_dir_entry:1703
> ERROR: bad entry in directory #101726961: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=0,
> inode=3484598105688391, rec_len=18, name_len=128
>
> Sometimes I can't delete a directory, it will tell me its not empty,
> even though it is.
>
> What could this be?  I was hoping that OCFS 1.2.4 would have fixed the
> out of memory problems, but it looks like I still run into it.  What
> information can I provide that will help?
>
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