Bug 250336 – RFE: add the ability to get a lockdump out of gfs through sysrq

Bug 250336 - RFE: add the ability to get a lockdump out of gfs through sysrq

Summary:	RFE: add the ability to get a lockdump out of gfs through sysrq

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Cluster Suite
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	GFS-kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity low
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Assigned To:	Robert Peterson
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Blocks:	295531 295541
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Reported:	2007-07-31 17:27 EDT by Josef Bacik
Modified:	2010-01-11 22:18 EST (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2008-03-25 13:38:50 EDT
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patch that implements this functionality. (2.12 KB, patch) 2007-07-31 17:27 EDT, Josef Bacik	no flags	Details \| Diff
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Description Josef Bacik 2007-07-31 17:27:38 EDT

As more customers are starting to use GFS in a shared root environment its 
becoming more difficult to troubleshoot gfs hangs, as we cannot run gfs_tool 
lockdump because a GFS hang usually means the entire box is hung and the only 
way to get information is via sysrq.  This patch dumps glock information via 
sysrq.  I've tested this patch on my cluster and doesn't appear to blow 
anything up.

Comment 1 Josef Bacik 2007-07-31 17:27:38 EDT

Created attachment 160362 [details]
patch that implements this functionality.

Comment 3 Robert Peterson 2008-03-25 13:38:50 EDT

While I still feel this would be useful, it requires registering a new
sysrq sequence.  Since the sysrq sequences are designed and implemented
by the upstream community, and gfs1 is not upstream (nor will it ever be)
the decision was made to not implement this fix.  It would be too easy
for upstream to make changes that are not compatible with the fix.
So let's keep it a patch for now.

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