+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1592509 +++ Description of problem: With ctime feature enabled, self heal of symlink is failing Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mainline How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. The testcase ./tests/bugs/heal-symlinks.t always fails Actual results: Self heal of symlink fails in EC volume Expected results: Self heal of symlink should not fail in EC volume Additional info: --- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2018-06-18 13:50:45 EDT --- REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/20311 (ctime: Fix self heal of symlink in EC volume) posted (#1) for review on master by Kotresh HR --- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2018-06-20 02:52:09 EDT --- COMMIT: https://review.gluster.org/20311 committed in master by "Amar Tumballi" <amarts> with a commit message- ctime: Fix self heal of symlink in EC volume Since IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 does not require any association of file times with symbolic links, there is no requirement that file times be updated by readlink() states [1]. stat on symlink file was generating a readlink fop on one of the subvolumes of ec set which in turn updates atime on that subvolume. This causes mdata xattr to be different across ec set and hence self heal fails. So based on [1], atime is no longer updated by readlink fop. [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/readlink.html fixes: bz#1592509 Change-Id: I08bd3ca3bdb222bd18160b1aa58fc2f7630c8083 Signed-off-by: Kotresh HR <khiremat>
REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/20341 (ctime: Fix self heal of symlink in EC volume) posted (#1) for review on release-4.1 by Kotresh HR
COMMIT: https://review.gluster.org/20341 committed in release-4.1 by "Shyamsundar Ranganathan" <srangana> with a commit message- ctime: Fix self heal of symlink in EC volume Since IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 does not require any association of file times with symbolic links, there is no requirement that file times be updated by readlink() states [1]. stat on symlink file was generating a readlink fop on one of the subvolumes of ec set which in turn updates atime on that subvolume. This causes mdata xattr to be different across ec set and hence self heal fails. So based on [1], atime is no longer updated by readlink fop. [1] http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/readlink.html Backport of: > Patch: https://review.gluster.org/#/c/20311/ > BUG: 1592509 > Change-Id: I08bd3ca3bdb222bd18160b1aa58fc2f7630c8083 > Signed-off-by: Kotresh HR <khiremat> (cherry picked from commit c097a7894d458e33a41f6db6092677108ef30fec) fixes: bz#1593536 Change-Id: I08bd3ca3bdb222bd18160b1aa58fc2f7630c8083 Signed-off-by: Kotresh HR <khiremat> (cherry picked from commit c097a7894d458e33a41f6db6092677108ef30fec)
This bug is getting closed because a release has been made available that should address the reported issue. In case the problem is still not fixed with glusterfs-4.1.2, please open a new bug report. glusterfs-4.1.2 has been announced on the Gluster mailinglists [1], packages for several distributions should become available in the near future. Keep an eye on the Gluster Users mailinglist [2] and the update infrastructure for your distribution. [1] https://lists.gluster.org/pipermail/announce/2018-July/000106.html [2] https://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/