> On Dec 5, 2017, at 11:28 AM, Matt Vander Werf <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've created RPMs using the source (1.6.21.1) with this patch and have > installed it on several systems running the latest RHEL 7.4 kernel. I haven’t > noticed any issues from the fixes (can't say my testing has been exhaustive > though), but these also aren't very busy systems and I also haven't ever seen > the getcwd issues on these systems either.
Thank you for doing this testing. I did not experience any problems with the 1.6.x patch (https://gerrit.openafs.org/#/c/12796/1) in my testing either. However, after further work on the master patches, I no longer recommend 12796 because it may unsafely continue its “walk” of the d_alias list after dropping the i_lock. Since we are getting closer on the master patches, I don’t plan to produce another 1.6.x “emergency” patch. Instead, I’ll wait until the master patches are merged, then produce a proper 1.6.x backport from that. Regards, — Mark Vitale
