Control: tag -1 upstream Control: severity -1 important On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:50:03 +0100 Hermann Lauer <hermann.la...@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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