[Kernel-packages] [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 Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1214

[Kernel-packages] [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'

[Kernel-packages] [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) S

[Kernel-packages] [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 Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1214085] [NEW] LXC + BTRFS: creating many containers simultaneously can cause system corruption

2013-08-19 Thread Jay Taylor
Public bug reported: Using lxc with a btrfs filesystem can lead to system corruption and containers which are unable to boot when many containers are created and started simultaneously. Packages involved: - btrfs-tools - ubuntu-lxc/daily from http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-lxc/daily/ubu