Thanks. Falling back to 2.6.18.194.26.1 worked. Hopefully the next person that runs into this will find this thread.
Any idea when RHEL5.6/5.7 async io support will work with ocfs2? -----Original Message----- From: ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com [mailto:ocfs2-users-boun...@oss.oracle.com] On Behalf Of srinivas.e...@oracle.com Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 6:09 AM To: ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] ocfs2, redhat 2.6.18-238.x kernel and async i/o hang On 07/28/2011 09:20 AM, Matthew Huff wrote: > I migrated a Oracle 11gR2 database from one HP RHEL5 box to another. The only > difference I can tell is that the older box was running 2.16.18-194 kernel, > and the newer box is running 2.6.18.238 kernel (I've tried 2.6.18.238.el5, > 238.5.1.el5 and 239.19.1.el5). On the new box, any Oracle instance hangs on > startup mounting the files if async io is turned on. Direct I/O works file. > The files are all on ocfs2 partitions. > > Anyone seen this issue? The databases run fine if the spfile has: We came to know about this recently and are looking into it. Till it is resolved please use the older working kernel. > *.disk_asynch_io=FALSE > *.filesystemio_options='directio' > > But hang 100% of the time (even after a few hours of waiting) if the > parameters are set to: > *.disk_asynch_io=TRUE > *.filesystemio_options='setall' > > > Other than having libaio rpm loaded, I don't think there are any > configuration or knobs I need to turn. > > > Here are some details: > > > [oracle@hubble lib64]$ ldd $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle > linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff9b7fc000) > libodm11.so => /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libodm11.so > (0x00002b487959a000) > libcell11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libcell11.so (0x00002b487969c000) > libskgxp11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libskgxp11.so (0x00002b4879800000) > librt.so.1 => /lib64/librt.so.1 (0x00000032fa600000) > libnnz11.so => /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libnnz11.so > (0x00002b48799ea000) > libclsra11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libclsra11.so (0x00002b4879db7000) > libdbcfg11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libdbcfg11.so (0x00002b4879ecf000) > libhasgen11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libhasgen11.so (0x00002b4879ff2000) > libskgxn2.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libskgxn2.so (0x00002b487a7c6000) > libocr11.so => /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libocr11.so > (0x00002b487a8c8000) > libocrb11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libocrb11.so (0x00002b487aa6e000) > libocrutl11.so => > /opt/oracle/product/11.2.0/dbhome_1/lib/libocrutl11.so (0x00002b487ac0e000) > libaio.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libaio.so.1 (0x00002b487ad19000) > libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00000032f9a00000) > libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00000032f9600000) > libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00000032f9e00000) > libnsl.so.1 => /lib64/libnsl.so.1 (0x00000032fc600000) > libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00000032f9200000) > /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00000032f8e00000) > > [oracle@hubble lib64]$ rpm -qa | grep aio > libaio-0.3.106-5 > libaio-devel-0.3.106-5 > libsane-hpaio-1.6.7-6.el5_6.1 > libaio-0.3.106-5 > libaio-devel-0.3.106-5 > > [oracle@hubble dbs]$ cd /usr/lib64 > [oracle@hubble lib64]$ ls -lF *aio* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15870 Dec 21 2009 libaio.a > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 23 15:21 libaio.so -> libaio.so.1.0.1* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Jul 22 21:59 libaio.so.1 -> libaio.so.1.0.1* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3768 Dec 21 2009 libaio.so.1.0.0* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3768 Dec 21 2009 libaio.so.1.0.1* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 92866 Apr 8 09:14 librtkaio.a > > [root@hubble ~]# grep ocfs2 /etc/fstab > LABEL=oracle_logfiles /u01 ocfs2 > _netdev,datavolume,nointr > LABEL=oracle_datafiles /u02 ocfs2 > _netdev,datavolume,nointr > > [root@hubble ~]# grep ocfs2 /etc/mtab > ocfs2_dlmfs /dlm ocfs2_dlmfs rw 0 0 > /dev/cciss/c0d1 /u01 ocfs2 rw,_netdev,datavolume,nointr,heartbeat=local 0 0 > /dev/cciss/c0d2 /u02 ocfs2 rw,_netdev,datavolume,nointr,heartbeat=local 0 0 > > [oracle@hubble lib64]$ rpm -qa | grep ocfs > ocfs2console-1.4.4-1.el5 > ocfs2-2.6.18-238.19.1.el5-1.4.7-1.el5 > ocfs2-tools-1.4.4-1.el5 > > [root@hubble ~]# uname -a > Linux hubble.ox.com 2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 #1 SMP Sun Jul 10 08:43:41 EDT 2011 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > ---- > Matthew Huff | 1 Manhattanville Rd > Director of Operations | Purchase, NY 10577 > OTA Management LLC | Phone: 914-460-4039 > aim: matthewbhuff | Fax: 914-460-4139 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ocfs2-users mailing list > Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com > http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users _______________________________________________ Ocfs2-users mailing list Ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com http://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-users
