Messages in this thread | | | From | Christoph Rohland <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.18 / ext3 / oracle trouble | Date | 27 May 2002 09:23:04 +0200 |
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Hi Zlatko,
On Sun, 26 May 2002, Zlatko Calusic wrote: > Hi! > > After lots of testing, I can say that 2.5.18 works great in all > three modes of ext3 for all but one purpose. Oracle database still > gets corrupted during insert load. More precisely, online redo log > gets corrupted, database panics and restore is in order. > > This leads me to thinking that there's something wrong with sysv > shared memory in 2.5.x. Although the problem could also be in > fsync() or swap_out() & co. paths, it's yet to be discovered. > > It could also be that journaled mode helps the trouble, and it could > be that some swapping makes it more certain, but none of these two > facts are proved for sure. Take it as an observation. > > Christoph, I don't know if you're still taking care of shmem in > 2.5.x, so take my apologies if you didn't want to see this email. > > Regards, > -- > Zlatko
Unfortunately I do not have the time to work on shmem right now. Hugh Dickins is the right guy to contact nowadays.
Greetings Christoph
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