Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-12 Thread Blaisorblade
On Friday 07 July 2006 03:34, Jeff Dike wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:20:16PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: > > 1) I mount /home with hostfs using the following line in fstab: > >none /home hostfs /home,rw 0 0 > > > > df shows: > > > > none 10413255443693385415481253412470784

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-12 Thread Blaisorblade
On Tuesday 04 July 2006 10:50, Jan Rychter wrote: > > "Jim" == Jim Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jim> Please forgive me for interpreting without suggesting how to fix, > Jim> but the interpretation might be useful. Is there any chance of > Jim> trying out the 2.6.16 UML kernel on a

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:13:33PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: > Would it also fix the hangs of the entire UML? I've just had two more of > those. Maybe, that is the symptom. > Let me know if you want me to test something. Otherwise, I'll wait until > something shows up in the mainline (which might

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jan Rychter
> "Jeff" == Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff> On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 06:11:00PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: >> I didn't capture that... I've been trying to reproduce the problem, >> but for some reason I can't, even though it happened quite often >> before. Jeff> Actually, I just

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 06:11:00PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: > I didn't capture that... I've been trying to reproduce the problem, but > for some reason I can't, even though it happened quite often before. Actually, I just found and fixed a bug which could cause this. Unfortunately, the patch is

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jan Rychter
> > rt_sigreturn(0x722bda19)= 1915476513 > > --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- > > rt_sigreturn(0x722bda19)= 1915476513 > > [... this goes on until there is enough "movement" in another TTY ...] > > But what happens here when there is movement elsewhere? I didn

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jeff Dike
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 09:38:05AM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: > Since it seems to be a known issue, perhaps it's worth documenting it on > the web site -- I wouldn't have used hostfs if I knew it could mean > stale data for UML (the information is probably in there somewhere, but > I missed it). OK

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jan Rychter
> "Jeff" == Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff> On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:20:16PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: >> 1) I mount /home with hostfs using the following line in fstab: >> none /home hostfs /home,rw 0 0 >> >> df shows: >> >> none 10413255443693385415481253412470784 >> 104

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-07 Thread Jan Rychter
> "Jeff" == Jeff Dike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeff> On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:20:16PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: >> 1) I mount /home with hostfs using the following line in fstab: >> none /home hostfs /home,rw 0 0 >> >> df shows: >> >> none 10413255443693385415481253412470784 >> 104

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-06 Thread Jeff Dike
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:20:16PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: > 1) I mount /home with hostfs using the following line in fstab: >none /home hostfs /home,rw 0 0 > > df shows: > > none 10413255443693385415481253412470784 > 10413248933519167673017998136836096 47190722440083771496

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-06 Thread Jeff Dike
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 02:20:16PM +0200, Jan Rychter wrote: > 1) I mount /home with hostfs using the following line in fstab: >none /home hostfs /home,rw 0 0 > > df shows: > > none 10413255443693385415481253412470784 > 10413248933519167673017998136836096 47190722440083771496

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-06 Thread Jeff Dike
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 10:28:22AM -0700, Jim Carter wrote: > Please forgive me for interpreting without suggesting how to fix, but the > interpretation might be useful. Is there any chance of trying out the > 2.6.16 UML kernel on a 2.6.16 host? Version skew, particularly backwards, > is very

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-04 Thread Jan Rychter
> "Jim" == Jim Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jim> Please forgive me for interpreting without suggesting how to fix, Jim> but the interpretation might be useful. Is there any chance of Jim> trying out the 2.6.16 UML kernel on a 2.6.16 host? Version skew, Jim> particularly backwards, i

Re: [uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-03 Thread Jim Carter
Please forgive me for interpreting without suggesting how to fix, but the interpretation might be useful. Is there any chance of trying out the 2.6.16 UML kernel on a 2.6.16 host? Version skew, particularly backwards, is very plausible as an explanation for all of these. Also be sure that th

[uml-user] stale files using hostfs and timer issues

2006-07-03 Thread Jan Rychter
I've just tried the linux-2.6.16 binary UML kernel from the new web site, together with a guest ubuntu installation. Looks good at a first glance, but I've hit several problems: 1) I mount /home with hostfs using the following line in fstab: none /home hostfs /home,rw 0 0 df shows: none