[Gluster-devel] another mailstore glusterfs issue

[Anand Avati]

Jeff,
 the arch repository has been having a fix for a bug which causes such
behavior since a while. Can you please check if the source repository
version fixes your issue? The fix will be included in the next release.

avati

2007/11/19, Jeff Humes <jeff at bofus.org>:
>
> Anand,
>
> # CLIENT:
> # glusterfs --version
> glusterfs 1.3.7 built on Nov  3 2007
> Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Z RESEARCH Inc. <http://www.zresearch.com>
>
> # SERVER:
> # glusterfsd --version
> glusterfs 1.3.7 built on Nov  3 2007
> Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Z RESEARCH Inc. <http://www.zresearch.com>
>
> -Jeff
>
>
> Anand Avati wrote:
> > Jeff,
> >  what is the version of glusterfs you are using?
> >
> > avati
> >
> > 2007/11/19, Jeff Humes <jeff at bofus.org <mailto:jeff at bofus.org>>:
> >
> >     I upgraded my dovecot imap server so that I could use the
> >     "disable_mmap=yes" option because I was seeing errors trying to
> >     write to
> >     .index and some other mmap'ed files in a glusterfs mounted
> mailstore.
> >     Those errors are not showing up anymore, but I am now seeing some
> >     other
> >     (harder to troubleshoot) errors:
> >
> >     the mail client will get an email and click on it, and it will show
> no
> >     content in the message.  I look at the imap server log and see the
> >     following error:
> >     dovecot: Nov 18 20:16:56 Error: IMAP(jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>): Maildir: Symlink
> >     destination doesn't exist:
> >     /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana at bofus
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus>>.org/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >
> >     So I do an "ls -l" on that file:
> >     # ls -l /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@ bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >     ls: /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana at bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S:
> No
> >     such file or directory
> >     -rw-------  1 vmail vmail 9247 Nov 18 19:30
> >     /opt/GFS/postfix/vmail/jana@ bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >
> >     first it says "No such file or directory", then it lists it out.
> >     If I try to touch the file, it fails with no such file.  If I try to
> >     remove the file it fails in the same manner.
> >
> >     Here is my client mountpoint:
> >     glusterfs on /opt/GFS/postfix type fuse
> >     (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,default_permissions,max_read=1048576)
> >
> >
> >     So now I login to the glusterfs server:
> >     I can do an successful "ls -l" on that same file above:
> >     # ls -l /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana at bofus.org <
> http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto: jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >     -rw-------  1 15002 15002 9247 Nov 18 19:30
> >     /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana at bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >
> >     Here on the server I can move the file around:
> >     mv /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana@ bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org
> >     <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >     /var/tmp
> >     - works -
> >
> >     Now if I move the file back into place, the mail client can then
> >     see it
> >     like it should have been able to in the first place:
> >     mv /var/tmp/1195435820.V13Iaad099.asknmapr01:2,S
> >     /glusterfs/knworksmail/vmail/jana at bofus.org <http://bofus.org>
> >     <mailto: jana at bofus.org <mailto:jana at bofus.org>>/cur/
> >     - client now sees it and the content -
> >
> >     This happens seemingly randomly to mail.  this did not happen
> >     before the
> >     upgrade, and does not occur if I move the mailstore to local ext3
> >     disk.
> >
> >     Any Ideas?  do I need to provide more information?
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >
> >     -Jeff Humes
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into
> > account Hofstadter's Law.
> >
> > -- Hofstadter's Law
>
>


-- 
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account
Hofstadter's Law.

-- Hofstadter's Law