[nfsv4] Regression test results for linux-2.6.18-rc4-CITI_NFS4_ALL-1 (and before)

[Bryce Harrington]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 08:46:48PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-22 at 17:30 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> > Now for the issues:
> > 
> > 1.  Failure during holey file test  (Bugzilla #119)
> > ==================================
> > 
> >   http://linux-nfs.org/pipermail/nfsv4/2006-June/004587.html
> 
> I've just uploaded the fix for this issue to bugzilla, git and http.

Thanks, I'm running this patch right now.  I'll report back later once
it's completed, as to whether it fixes it.

> > 4.  Iozone crashes  (Bugzilla #122)
> > ==================
> > We have been seeing a variety of crashes with Iozone in recent tests.
> > In both linux-2.6.18-rc2-CITI_NFS4_ALL-1 and
> > linux-2.6.18-rc4-CITI_NFS4_ALL-1, iozone is generating a kernel Oops
> > followed by a sequence of BUGs, until the machine is power cycled.
> 
> I'll have a look at these. Looks like a use-after-freed issue with
> nfs_free_client. Was this on NFSv4 only?

Yes, we've only seen it under nfsv4.  We've seen it on both our 32-bit
and 64-bit test machines, and it's present in the nfs-client-stable
branch presently:

   http://crucible.osdl.org/runs/branches.html

Bryce