[Linux-cluster] gfs2 lockup

[Daan Biere]

i'll vote for glocksmith:)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Kroth" <bpkroth at gmail.com>
To: "Bob Peterson" <rpeterso at redhat.com>
Cc: "linux clustering" <linux-cluster at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Linux-cluster] gfs2 lockup


> Bob Peterson <rpeterso at redhat.com> 2008-12-02 12:44:
>> ----- "Steven Whitehouse" <swhiteho at redhat.com> wrote:
>> (snip)
>> | I know all that sounds quite complicated, but in fact its usually
>> | pretty easy to find the cause of deadlocks.
>> (snip)
>> | There is a tool which does some of this automatically, although I've
>> | not tried it myself as I tend to use the manual method still.
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Steve is referring to a down-and-dirty tool that I wrote a while back
>> when gfs2 hangs were more common.  Up to now it has just been sitting
>> on my hard drive and I dust it off if/when someone needs it.  I'd like
>> to open-source the tool and add it to our public cluster git
>> repository, maybe as part of the gfs2-utils package.
>> 
>> Before I do that, I want to run it by Fabio ("The Godfather") Di Nitto
>> for some cleanups: the tool does some ugly things to accomplish its
>> goal and I don't want to wake up with a horse head in my bed!
>> 
>> Until then, I'd like to propose a naming contest.  Right now I'm not
>> happy with the tool's name, which is currently "gfs2_hangalyzer".
>> Other names that have been suggested: gfs2_howsithangin, gfs2_anaglock
>> and gfs2_glocksmith.  Let me know what you think.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Bob Peterson
>> Red Hat GFS
> 
> I would vote for one of the last two: anaglock or glocksmith.
> 
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