[Ocfs2-users] OCFS 1.2.4 memory problems still?

[Sunil Mushran]

Depends how long before you start seeing oom kills. Running over the
weekend should work.

Cline, Ernie wrote:
> The latest of kernel as well:
> Linux cyber2.petersons.net 2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Jan 23 13:01:26
> EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> For how long do you want that?  I'll let it run over the weekend.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sunil Mushran [mailto:Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com] 
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 2:25 PM
> To: Cline, Ernie
> Cc: ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com
> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] OCFS 1.2.4 memory problems still?
>
> 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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