Re: [Nbd] oops with timeout option on debian wheezy kernel

[Hermann Lauer <Hermann.Lauer@...1489...>]

On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 11:20:08PM +0100, Michal Belczyk wrote:
> > Here on debian wheezy (Linux www1 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.46-1+deb7u1 x86_64 GNU/Linux) a disconnection of the server host yields hanging
> > of any "cat /proc/mdstat" on the raid1 on top of the nbd device
> > and to the appended oops (only two shown) of the kernel. Only
> > bringing back the nbd server allows further commands on the md device.
> 
> You may want to take a look here:
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>   https://www.mail-archive.com/nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net/msg01549.html

Many thanks for the link to the patch - applied to a 3.12.10 vanilla
kernel and did the first tests. Timeout seems to work as expected now.

> I will post the patch against the most recent tip later this week.

Will try to build a patched wheezy kernel next and file a debian
bug report when that works.

Thanks for your help and a nice weekend,
  Hermann  

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