[KLUG Members] Is tar broken? KERNEL BUG?

[Bruce Smith]

> I'm using Redhat 7.3 on the new server2 with ext3 filesystems.
> I'm using Redhat 7.1 on the old server1 with ext2 filesystems.

Seems like NFS on RH 7.1 was full of bugs.

I don't remember if RH released fixes for it, but you should check for
the latest kernel and NFS errata for 7.1.

> Both filesystems are on RAID 5 arrays.

Software or hardware RAID?

> > You might want to try a different block size on the NFS mount.
> 
> umm. I never touch that before. Any recommendations?

4K or 8K gives improved performance, but I had one case where I had to
use 1K with the old server to make it work.

Also you may have to specify NFS version 2 with the old server.

> UPDATE: the new machine just produced the following message!
> What the heck does this mean? Is the ext3 filesystem STABLE????
> 
> 
>  Assertion failure in journal_revoke_R3ff8495d() at revoke.c:329:
> "!(__builtin_constant_p(BH_Revoked) ? constant_te
> st_bit((BH_Revoked),(&bh->b_state)) :
> variable_test_bit((BH_Revoked),(&bh->b_state)))"
> Aug  8 12:31:48 terminator kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------
> Aug  8 12:31:48 terminator kernel: kernel BUG at revoke.c:329!

Donno.  Doesn't look good.  You may want to force a fsck, or reformat.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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