Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezc...@free.fr> writes: > On 01/12/2011 07:39 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote: >> Mike<deb...@good-with-numbers.com> writes: >> >>>> Trent W. Buck wrote: >>>>> I can provision a new LXC container, which includes running a few >>>>> "aptitude install foo" lines (inside the containers), and it Just Works. >>>>> If I try to provision two containers at the same time, both containers >>>>> appear to hang with a dpkg process in the D state[0]. >>>>> >>>>> My config for each container looks like this: >>>>> lxc.mount.entry = /home /srv/lxc/proud/home none bind >>> Doesn't aptitude write into the home directory that you're sharing >>> across containers? locks ~/.aptitude/cache? >> Possibly, but dhclient's running aptitude as uid 0, whose home is in >> /root, which is not shared between hosts. >> >> In any case, IIRC I export HOME=`mktemp -d` before aptitude runs, as a >> fugly workaround for etckeeper. >> >> I suppose if containers' /tmp are tmpfses, aptitude might be running >> into some problem with locking on tmpfs, although I'm not aware of any >> bogus operational semantics for tmpfs... > > Can you give, for each process in D state, the content of > /proc/<pid>/stack ? > That may help to understand where the lock occurs in the kernel
I'll try to get to this RSN; the box in question is in production, so I have to be a little careful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
