Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc3

2007-08-15 Thread Tore Anderson
* Tore Anderson I can confirm that this patch solves my problem without any side effects (as far as I can tell). I'm sorry I have to retract this statement. When I did some changes on my storage array, it generated RSCNs and therefore I/O briefly failed, causing timeouts and path

Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc3

2007-08-15 Thread Matthew Wilcox
On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:08:17AM -0400, Igor A. Nesterov wrote: So would it be true to say that the fix for -EEXIST problem still has not found its way to mainline kernel? I've been hit by this problem after switching to Fedora 7, and currently running on Fedora 2.6.21-1.3228 kernel patched

Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc3

2007-08-14 Thread James Smart
A little more The -EEXIST matches http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsim=117699334422336w=2 I had a bug fix at http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsim=117856436302690w=2 Mathew's fix below superceeded my patch and supposedly also corrects it. -- james s PS: Emulex's testing has been with my fix. We

Re: Linux 2.6.23-rc3

2007-08-14 Thread Tore Anderson
* James Smart I've seen these before (and they haven't been specific to the LLDD). You're probably right. I saw trouble happening when lpfc was in action and thought it might have something to do with it, but then again I'm not very intimate with the inner workings of the kernel. If you