Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/6/2009 at 3:51 PM, Berry van Sleeuwen wrote: -snip- > Just for my good understanding (and for some input tomorrow at our next > meeting). Suppose we would be able to open a service request, what would > be the chance a kernel bug can be fixed through a service request? For a true softw

Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread Berry van Sleeuwen
Hello Mark, Thanks for your comments. This workaround would be an option. We'll have to look into that. I did find that some work has been done when I was looking into the aio.c. And also that some parts have been discussed for some time now. The aio.c (and aio.h) have been changed to some extent

Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread Mark Post
>>> On 1/6/2009 at 9:40 AM, "van Sleeuwen, Berry" wrote: > Hello Christian, > > Yes, that was my idea also but there is a problem with my accounts at > Novell and IBM. I can't open any issue at this time and my manager > expects me to solve this within a few days. Even if you were able to open

Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 01/06/2009 at 09:42 EST, "van Sleeuwen, Berry" wrote: > Yes, that was my idea also but there is a problem with my accounts at > Novell and IBM. I can't open any issue at this time and my manager > expects me to solve this within a few days. Solving a transient kernel problem within a

Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread van Sleeuwen, Berry
linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Christian Borntraeger Sent: dinsdag 6 januari 2009 11:01 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9 Hello Berry, I have no advise on your specific problem, but a kernel bug, oops, warning or panic is a very strong indication that this is a real code probl

Re: Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread Christian Borntraeger
Hello Berry, I have no advise on your specific problem, but a kernel bug, oops, warning or panic is a very strong indication that this is a real code problem. I suggest to open a service request/problem ticket. hope this helps Christian > Message from /var/log/messages: > > kernel: kernel BUG a

Kernel bug in SLES 9

2009-01-06 Thread van Sleeuwen, Berry
Hello listers, Our datawarehouse machine suffers from a kernel bug. In the past year we have had this issue, sometimes even every week. Usually the bug appears when performing an archive but it also happens at other times. In all cases the machine has a high IO load. We have upgraded the kernel