[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-26 Thread Serge Hallyn
Please open a new bug for your issue, using 'ubuntu-bug lxc' (though actually I am suspecting a dnsmasq bug). It may be the same issue as this bug, but many variables are different. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-24 Thread fedorowp
On an 800 Mhz machine I can quite consistently reproduce startup failures and conflicting IPs with ext3 instead of btrfs with only two containers. Additional Information: A brand new install of Ubuntu 13.04 Server AMD64 with all updates applied. $ sudo lxc-ls --fancy NAME STATEIPV4

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-23 Thread Joseph Salisbury
You mention you tested v3.11-rc2 in comment #5. Can you also test the latest mainline kernel, which is v3.11-rc6: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.11-rc6-saucy/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-20 Thread Joseph Salisbury
So it sounds like the bug still exists in the latest Mainline kernel, and it has been around since at lease the 3.2 kernel. Do you happen to know if there was a previous release that did not exhibit this bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-20 Thread Jay Taylor
I only started using lxc+btrfs in the past few months, so unfortunately I have no information about the behavior of any previous kernels. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1214085 Title:

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-19 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.11 kernel[0]. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tag 'kernel-fixed-upstream'. If the mainline kernel does not fix

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-19 Thread Jay Taylor
Brad Figg: I'm happy to do this, but this is a server without a GUI, and the spawned w3m instance is unable to properly display the login form page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-19 Thread Jay Taylor
Joseph Salisbury: I installed v3.11 RC2 and successfully reproduced the problem using the same technique. The result remains the same - after a series of simultaneous clone/start operations, LXC eventually fails to be able to start any additional containers. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)

[Bug 1214085] Re: LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-19 Thread Jay Taylor
Additional note: I've found the problem manifests more easily with the following modified test script (this one forks all LXC clone/start operations immediately): test.sh: #!/usr/bin/env bash prefix=$1 test -z ${prefix} echo 'error: missing required parameter: prefix' 12