Control: tag -1 upstream
Control: severity -1 important
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:50:03 +0100 Hermann Lauer <Hermann.Lauer@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.16.7-2
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> the nbd timeout settings from nbd-client to the kernel is broken inside the jessie kernel.
> This renders raid1 on top of nbd devices useless, as that device will simply hang
> when the network connection or the nbd-server fails until the connection to
> the nbd-server is brought back to live - clearly not what is intended with
> using a raid1.
>
> This worked in lenny and was broken since wheezy.
>
> Appended is the patch obtained from the nbd subsystem maintainers list, which allows
> me to rebuild the jessie kernel package and made it work again.
>
> If you need futher information or references please let me know.
Unfortunately this change has still not been committed by the nbd
maintainers (at least, not anywhere that I can see) and we will not
apply it until that happens. Perhaps you can remind them that this
problem is still unfixed?
I'm increasing severity since this is a regression.
Ben.
--
Ben Hutchings
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
- John Lehman, Secretary of the US Navy 1981-1987
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