posix locking on OCFS2

[steve]

On 23/11/14 22:46, Rowland Penny wrote:
> On 23/11/14 20:43, Michael Adam wrote:
>> On 2014-11-23 at 21:30 +0100, steve wrote:
>>> On 23/11/14 21:23, Michael Adam wrote:
>>>> On 2014-11-23 at 18:23 +0000, Rowland Penny wrote:
>>>>> All I want to do is get the documentation on the wiki updated
>>>>> correctly, so
>>>>> that users can follow it and end up with the results they require.
>>>> Right, but I think David was absolutely right in reverting
>>>> your note on the wiki, since
>>>> a) There was afaik no evidence/detail for ctdb not working on ocfs2.
>>> What more evidence do you need?
>>> 2014/07/11 08:18:28.865342 [set_recmode:27959]: ctdb_recovery_lock: Got
>>> recovery lock on '/cluster/ctdb/lockfile'
>>> 2014/07/11 08:18:28.871862 [set_recmode:27959]: ERROR: recovery lock
>>> file /cluster/ctdb/lockfile not locked when recovering!
>> That is no detailed evidence.
>> We need to see the whole picture.
>> If we don't know how your file system is configured
>> it is just a black box and we can't imply anything
>> from the message above.
>>
>> The first thing to test is the "ping_pong -rw" test.
>> If that works and you still get the above error,
>> I am inclinde to take a deeper look.
>>
>> Otherwise I'd still say there's probably a misconfiguration in
>> your file system.
>>
>>> Chan has just reported the very same error.
>> Ok, maybe the same maybe not. Not enough detail to really tell.
>> So there are at least 2 problematic setups. Not a general
>> statement of ctdb not working on ocfs2...
>>
>>>> b) The notice from the people that do run samba + ctdb + ocfs2
>>>>     that it works as expected.
>>> Where?
>> E.g. David. I also heard from Jim McD. several years ago
>> when OCFS2 started to work with ctdb.
>>
>>>> So, your effort to improve the wiki documentation is
>>>> highly appreciated, Rowland, but in this case, I am
>>>> afraid the change was premature.
>>> We suggested someone added it in an effort to save others the time it
>>> takes
>>> to realise something is wrong. He was right to add it to the wiki.
>> Well, we can't just say on the wiki or elsewhere  that
>> "ctdb does not work with ocfs2". This is simply not true.
>> We can try to debug your setup. And maybe there is indeed
>> a problem, or a bug. Them we can try to fix it.
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> José
>> I am utterly confused. I thought I was talking to someone called
>> "steve"... :-O
>>
>> Cheers - Michael
> Welcome to the wonderful world of 'Steve'. He either has a split
> personality or is two people using the same samba mailing list username,
> just reply as if it is only one person. :-D
>
> Rowland
>
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