[OpenAFS] Salvage and .gconf lock and other problems with OpenAFS
1.2.10 and 1.2.11
Dave McMurtrie
dgm+@pitt.edu
Sat, 20 Mar 2004 12:02:39 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> > more recent .gconf problem that we have been seeing concerns the same lock
> > file that needs to be removed before the user can launch a gnome session,
> > but in this new case the lock file can't be removed unless the users home
> > directory is salvaged. This latest problem seems to be connected with
> > unclean fileserver restarts.
>
> Yes. And I'm still looking for a simple test case on this one.
> (And I don't think it's "unclean" so much as "fileserver restarts", but
> I'm guessing)
fwiw, I spent countless hours trying to write a reproducible test case for
the gconf issue. I used code that I ripped directly from gconf. The plan
was to be able to use cmdebug in conjunction with my program that could
reproduce this problem. Despite many hours of trying, I only managed to
reproduce the problem once and didn't have debugging turned on in the
cache manager. I've since given up.
I think Derrick hit the nail right on the head with, "run gconf on
multiple machines and pray".
Thanks,
Dave
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