caution with latest kernel + glibc

[Bill Rugolsky Jr.]

On Sat, Feb 04, 2006 at 01:12:26PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Those who are running the current rawhide kernel and glibc (and
> coreutils or those trying to compile glibc for themselves) might find
> that their kernel locks up.  One bug in this area (I think there is more
> than one) is fixed by the patch in
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178558
> 
> The 1909 kernel and later will likely have the patch.  For now it might
> be best to use glibc-2.3.90-30 and nothing later or alternatively live
> with the lockups for today.  The fixed kernel is hopefully in tomorrow's
> rawhide.

1909 x86_64 still locked up on my Tyan 2885 SMP, but 1914 has been up ten
hours and has shuffled more than 300GB on disk using cpio (local) and
rsync (remote).

Prior to 1914, recent kernels would kill the box in 10-200 minutes under
much lighter load (like browsing the web or typing in a terminal).

Thanks for the warning.

	-Bill