[OpenAFS] Re: odd problem with RW site after a botched replica

Brandon Allbery allbery.b@gmail.com
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 23:19:43 -0400


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On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Timothy Balcer <timothy@telmate.com>wrote:

> The OOM killer *is* the kernel, so the AFS logs just know it's dead,
>
>> not that the kernel
>> decided "heeeey...."
>>
>
> Yeah.. I knew that ;-) What I was suggesting was that upon receiving the
> signal, salvager didn't note that fact in the Salvage log. You could trap
> SIGTERM, and log it on the way out, no?
>

The kernel's OOM killer sends SIGKILL, which cannot be trapped or ignored.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Timothy Balcer <span dir=
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hy@telmate.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockqu=
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<div class=3D"im">The OOM killer *is* the kernel, so the AFS logs just know=
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not that the kernel<br>
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