We are seeing this on RHEL4 U8 x86_64 (2.6.9-89). 

I was trying to find the page I found that referenced the deprecation, as I
was thinking this was 2.6.22 and greater kernels. I haven't stumbled across
it again though. 

I noticed there were configure tests for CONFIG_COMPAT,
HAVE_COMPAT_IOCTL_HANDLER, & HAVE_REGISTER_IOCTL32_CONVERSION that appear to
try and resolve whether a system has that functionality or not. 

We're also running successfully on RHEL4 U8 ix86, so I'm wondering if this
is a 64bit thing somehow. 

Is the register_ioctl32_conversion still needed anymore? I'm not sure when
CONFIG_COMPAT comes into play, or if that is the replacement functionality
for ioctl32 conversions. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Becky Ligon [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:26 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Pvfs2-developers] PVFS 2.8.2 kernel panics

Which OS are you using when you see this behavior?  Could it be that there
is a problem at the OS level with the register_ioctl32_conversion
function?  I saw some google entries indicating that it should be
deprecated?


Becky



Becky Ligon
PVFS Developer
Clemson University
864-656-3865

>
>
> It appears that the kernel panic is occurring during the
> register_ioctl32_conversion call in the pvfs2_ioctl32_init function. I'm
> not
> sure if it's a result of this call, or a side affect of something
> previous.
>
>
>
> I'll keep posting misc observations in hopes that it spurs something
> obvious
> to someone.
>
>
>
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> David
> Metheny
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:49 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Pvfs2-developers] PVFS 2.8.2 kernel panics
>
>
>
> We've been tracking down miscellaneous kernel panics within the 2.6.3 code
> base lately. We're also in the process of upgrading environments to the
> 2.8.2 code base. We're starting to see kernel panics with the 2.8.2 code
> base, and most of these are kernel panics right after the install and load
> of the pvfs kernel module and client software. Attached are a couple
> screen
> shots. This seems to happen only on RHEL4 U8 x86_64 servers (2.6.9-89 SMP
> kernel), both physical and on virtual machines.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>
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