On Oct 2, 2015, at 11:25 AM, Pramod Srinivasan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are there any plans to fix this bug? > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-1998 > > We are hitting a unusual problem with applications getting stuck in the linux > kernel when they call getaddrinfo > > This is due to a bug in linux kernel: > > http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg328772.html > > We hit this problem frequently as we have a number of our applications using > the zookeeper client library and due to ZOOKEEPER-1998, our likelihood of > hitting this problem increases. We have had mixed luck with getting a fix for > the linux kernel bug, it would be good to reduce the probability at least.
The linked improvement would certainly be welcome. We ran into the same problem in a different context, and found that upgrading from kernel 4.0.4 to 4.0.9 dramatically improved our situation. Maybe a similar upgrade helps you out too.
