[Ocfs2-users] compile error on sles 11

Tue Apr 27 01:28:54 PDT 2010

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Unfortunately, I do not run the Oracle RAC. The RAC runs with Oracle
Unbreakable Linux. I am sorry for that decision, but I can't change it.

SAP does not forbid to use Oracle's version of Linux. SAP only says that
SAP systems are fully supported on RHEL or SLES only (concerning Linux).
It was simpler to have me change from SLES to RHEL, but since RHEL
support is not as detailed as Novell/SUSE's (SAP priority support) plus
it is a lot more expensive, I cannot convince my boss to change.

And I still do not understand why you provide sourcecode that will
compile on RHEL only. Especially when you provide ready binaries for
RHEL at the same time. Or did Larry buy RedHat in between? There was
such a noise about Sun one may have just not registerd this... ;-)

Regards,
Werner

Herbert van den Bergh [26.04.2010 18:21]:
> Also, if you were to call Novell Support with an OCFS2 related issue, 
> they most likely would ask you to reproduce it without the EL5 nodes in 
> the OCFS2 cluster.  And the same thing with Oracle.  It's not a 
> supported configuration, so you're on your own.
> 
> Since the Oracle database is certified on SLES, why not use it for both 
> database and application servers, if you believe you must use OCFS2 to 
> share storage between the two?
> 
> Thanks,
> Herbert.
> 
> 
> On 04/26/2010 09:12 AM, Herbert van den Bergh wrote:
>> In order for the application servers and database servers to share an
>> OCFS2 filesystem, they must be members of the same cluster.  Unless of
>> course you stop OCFS2 on one server and start it on the other.  Then you
>> might as well just use ext3.  Also, I don't think your configuration
>> would be supported by Oracle, so you may want to get confirmation before
>> you put such a setup in production.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Herbert.
>>
>>
>> On 04/26/2010 08:46 AM, Werner Flamme wrote:
>>    
> I wonder why the OCFS2 versions provided by Oracle and Novell are not
> necessarily kept compatible. Some strange policy at Novell's, I guess.
> Or not enough money^Wmanpower to go along with every new version.
> 
> My application servers aren't a part of RAC. I just have to share a
> filesystem between RAC and SAP application servers. Since we are
> migrating from single box SAP servers to the RAC solution, we need a
> cluster file system. SAP only allows OCFS2 and Veritas filesystems.
> 
> Regards,
> Werner
> 
> 
> Herbert van den Bergh [26.04.2010 17:29]:
> 
>      
>>>>> The OCFS2 versions provided by Oracle and Novell are not necessarily
>>>>> kept compatible.  So there is always a risk of losing access to the
>>>>> filesystem when you update one or the other.  Also, do you really want
>>>>> to have your application servers be part of your database cluster? You
>>>>> wouldn't want some network issue to cause your database servers to be
>>>>> rebooted, would you?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Herbert.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 04/26/2010 08:25 AM, Werner Flamme wrote:
>>>>> That's a bad idea. I do not like file systems that hang all clients when
>>>>> the server is on reboot or unreachable. I'd rather a shared filesystem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Werner
>>>>>
>>>>> Herbert van den Bergh [26.04.2010 17:13]:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>        
>>>>>>>> That's a bad idea.  Use NFS instead.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Herbert.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 04/26/2010 01:48 AM, Werner Flamme wrote:
>>>>>>>> Sunil Mushran [20.04.2010 18:28]:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>>>>> 1.4 tree is only meant to be build against EL5 U2+. Not SLES
>>>>>>>>>>> nor any other kernel tree. SLES9/10/11 already includes ocfs2.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>> For RHEL there are readyly built packages, why would I build my own
>>>>>>>> packages then? The build worked fine with another SLES10.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, ocfs2 is included by SLES. Not SLES 11, of course - it is in the
>>>>>>>> separately sold "High Availability" package. But the version included in
>>>>>>>> SLES9/10 does not allow to mount a volume that has been created by RHEL
>>>>>>>> (or, in that case, the software that is sold as Oracle Unbreakable
>>>>>>>> Linux). It refuses to mount with "mount.ocfs2: Unsupported feature(s)
>>>>>>>> found while opening device /dev/sdb".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This sure is a feature, I know. However, I do have to share a volume
>>>>>>>> between the Oracle RAC running on the "Oracle Unbreakable Linux" boxes
>>>>>>>> and my SAP servers running with SLES. How can I do that? Do I really
>>>>>>>> have to delete the filesystems on the RAC an re-create them with the
>>>>>>>> (older) versions on SLES?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Werner
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>>>>> Werner Flamme wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> next VM, next trouble :-(
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Now I work inside a VM with SLES 11. Configuring ocfs2-1.4.7 (via LANG=C
>>>>>>>>>>> ./configure --with-kernel-source=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1) was
>>>>>>>>>>> successful, but compiling fails:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ---snip---
>>>>>>>>>>> # LANG=C make
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C fs
>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ocfs2 stamp-md5
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ocfs2/cluster stamp-md5
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/cluster'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/cluster'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ocfs2/dlm stamp-md5
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dlm'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dlm'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.45-0.1-default/build
>>>>>>>>>>> M=/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs modules
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory
>>>>>>>>>>> `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1-obj/x86_64/default'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ../../../linux-2.6.27.45-0.1
>>>>>>>>>>> O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1-obj/x86_64/default/. modules
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/compat_should_remove_suid.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/compat_generic_segment_checks.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/alloc.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/aops.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dcache.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dir.o
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dir.c: In function 'ocfs2_readdir':
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dir.c:865: warning: passing argument
>>>>>>>>>>> 2 of 'ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk' from incompatible pointer type
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.o
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c: In function 'ocfs2_decode_fh':
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c:302: error: 'struct
>>>>>>>>>>> export_operations' has no member named 'find_exported_dentry'
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c: At top level:
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c:311: error: unknown field
>>>>>>>>>>> 'decode_fh' specified in initializer
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c:311: warning:
>>>>>>>>>>> initialization from incompatible pointer type
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c:315: error: unknown field
>>>>>>>>>>> 'get_dentry' specified in initializer
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c:315: warning: excess
>>>>>>>>>>> elements in struct initializer
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.c:315: warning: (near
>>>>>>>>>>> initialization for 'ocfs2_export_ops')
>>>>>>>>>>> make[6]: *** [/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2/export.o] Error 1
>>>>>>>>>>> make[5]: *** [/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs/ocfs2] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[3]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1-obj/x86_64/default'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: *** [build-modules] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.7/fs'
>>>>>>>>>>> make: *** [fs] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> ---pins---
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Quite the same with ocfs2-1.4.4:
>>>>>>>>>>> ---snip---
>>>>>>>>>>> # LANG=C make
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C fs
>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ocfs2 stamp-md5
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ocfs2/cluster stamp-md5
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/cluster'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/cluster'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ocfs2/dlm stamp-md5
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dlm'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dlm'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.45-0.1-default/build
>>>>>>>>>>> M=/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs modules
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Entering directory
>>>>>>>>>>> `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1-obj/x86_64/default'
>>>>>>>>>>> make -C ../../../linux-2.6.27.45-0.1
>>>>>>>>>>> O=/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1-obj/x86_64/default/. modules
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/compat_should_remove_suid.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/compat_generic_segment_checks.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/alloc.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/aops.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dcache.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dir.o
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dir.c: In function 'ocfs2_readdir':
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dir.c:865: warning: passing argument
>>>>>>>>>>> 2 of 'ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk' from incompatible pointer type
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.o
>>>>>>>>>>>       CC [M]  /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.o
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c: In function 'ocfs2_decode_fh':
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c:233: error: 'struct
>>>>>>>>>>> export_operations' has no member named 'find_exported_dentry'
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c: At top level:
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c:242: error: unknown field
>>>>>>>>>>> 'decode_fh' specified in initializer
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c:242: warning:
>>>>>>>>>>> initialization from incompatible pointer type
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c:246: error: unknown field
>>>>>>>>>>> 'get_dentry' specified in initializer
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c:246: warning: excess
>>>>>>>>>>> elements in struct initializer
>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.c:246: warning: (near
>>>>>>>>>>> initialization for 'ocfs2_export_ops')
>>>>>>>>>>> make[6]: *** [/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2/export.o] Error 1
>>>>>>>>>>> make[5]: *** [/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs/ocfs2] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[4]: *** [_module_/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[3]: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.45-0.1-obj/x86_64/default'
>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: *** [build-modules] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/ocfs2-1.4.4/fs'
>>>>>>>>>>> make: *** [fs] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>> ---pins---
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What can I do? Some software missing?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Werner
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>                    
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>                      
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