[OpenAFS-devel] release-team meeting minutes 2014-02-26

[Stephan Wiesand]

Log: =
http://conference.openafs.org/release-team@conference.openafs.org/2014-02-=
26.txt

Participants:

* Andrew Deason
* Ben Kaduk
* Derrick Brashear
* Marc Dionne
* Mike Meffie

=3D=3D Linux news =3D=3D

Marc tested the current 1.6 head against the current Linux mainline this =
morning, no need for changes yet.

=3D=3D Problem reports =3D=3D

=3D=3D=3D =
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2014-February/040506.html=
 =3D=3D=3D

Fssync problems during vos backupsys on NBSD. Andrew provided the =
reporter with a fix which seems have been working for a few days, but =
the root cause isn't understood and a more solid patch is needed. Not a =
blocker for the next release, but we'll try to include the fix if ready =
in time.

=3D=3D=3D =
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2014-February/040503.html=
 =3D=3D=3D

Linux panics due to multiple mounts. Of the options discussed in the =
past, Andrew started implementing the one presenting AFS mount points as =
bind mounts. He will also bring up discussions on openafs-devel and =
openafs-info.

He also proposes sending out an announcement warning about the problem =
with RHEL 5.10 and 6.5 kernels. Considered a good idea, details to be =
discussed on the release-team list.

=3D=3D=3D RT #131804 (vos release -stayonline) =3D=3D=3D

Being worked on, but no further news.

=3D=3D 1.6.7 security release =3D=3D

The patch is ready. No need to wait for 1.6.8. Derrick will proceed on =
it with Simon.

=3D=3D Status of items foreseen to be included in 1.6.8 =3D=3D

The "give up callback" changes (6272 + 8840 + the new 10855) have =
positive test results now but still need review.

New "vnodeunique rollover" pullups (10846/7): Should probably go in if =
no negative feedback during next week.

Mavericks: 10744 is the last one left [reviewed and merged after the =
meeting].

Logging improvements: 10756 seems harmless and should go in [merged =
after meeting], but 10757 may break existing log parsers [10857 should =
improve this, still being reviewed on master].

10758 (move host quota calculation) seems ok to include [merged after =
meeting].

10759 (viced: Avoid issuing redundant TMAY requests) needs more review.

10810/11: no objections [merged after meeting].

6266/10799 (interrupt Rx calls accessing offlining volumes): 6266 needs =
more review.

10770/1/2 (salvager fixes): reviewed during meeting [merged afterwards].


[the remainder of this text is 1.6.8 bookeeping]

Idledead change to help the "no buffer space available" problem: Gerrit =
10773 ist still being reviewed on master, stalled on two trivial changes =
to be done.

Parallel build fixes =
(http://gerrit.openafs.org/#q,project:openafs+branch:master+topic:parallel=
-make,n,z).=20

=3D=3D=3D Accepted on master, to be pulled up to 1_6_x =3D=3D=3D

- nothing left that was discussed before -

=3D=3D=3D Pulled up to 1_6_x, to be reviewed =3D=3D=3D

Interrupt clients accessing offlining volumes:
10799 viced: Add options for interrupting clients
6266  vol: Interrupt RX calls accessing offlining vols (single +1 yet)

Give up callbacks at shutdown:
10855 libafs: GiveUpAllCallBacks at shutdown again
8840  libafs: Correct GUACB afs_LoopServers flags
6272  unix: giveupallcallbacks at shutdown


Others (no progress, or insufficient progress to merge):
10759 viced: Avoid issuing redundant TMAY requests
10757 viced: Improve client error log messages
10755 viced: Avoid endless BCB loop
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Stephan Wiesand
DESY -DV-
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15738 Zeuthen, Germany