Re: 2.4.19pre10aa4 OOPS in ext3 (get_hash_table, unmap_underlying_metadata)

Mario Mikocevic (mozgy@hinet.hr)
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 11:21:52 +0200


Hi,

slightly trimmed,

On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:56:56PM +0800, Michael Clark wrote:
> On 09/26/02 15:27, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> >People are saying unkind things about the qlogic driver, and
>
> Yes i know. My experience seems to be bad fault recovery after
> a LIP reset although the driver in 2.4.19pre10aa4 seems okay
> (have tested loop interruption under IO heavy load).
>
> >the new version in Andrea's latest patchset is definitely
> >faster than before. Might be worth a shot.
>
> So, is possible for qlogic driver to be doing naughty things
> with bufferheads? or is it more likely in the fs?
>
> Anyone out there running a reasonably busy fileserver with
> qlogic FC HBA and using ext3 or XFS with quotas? What
> kernel/qlogic driver combo?

# w
11:06am up 159 days, 12:01, 1 user, load average: 4.22, 3.41, 3.53
# uname -r
2.4.18

ext3 partition on SAN connected through _two_ qla2200 HBAs and onto _two_
FC switches with qla2200phase1.tar.gz driver from Arjan van de Ven.
(the _only_ driver that works with MULTIPATH)

-- 
Mario Mikočević (Mozgy)
mozgy at hinet dot hr
My favourite FUBAR ...
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