I neglected the header file; attached is an additional patch to catch it. Both of these patches should apply cleanly to head.
Bart. On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Bart Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > This patch fixes a client data corruption issue on Linux 2.4 systems. We > worked with Phil off-list and determined that the kernel's mapped buffers > are not staying pinned in memory as they should be. We were able to verify > that under heavy swapping the pvfs2-client-core memory was being moved, > invalidating the pointers. This fix uses mlock to hold the two buffers in > place, and we were able to verify that it fixes the swapping issue. There > are compile time flags to ensure it is only added for Linux 2.4 systems. > > Bart. >
mlock-header.patch
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