If only one cluster node has gfs2 mounted in and is mounted in `spectator` mode then another node mounting of a gfs2 in `rw` mode with a dirty journal will hang.

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Issue

  • If only one cluster node has gfs2 mounted in and is mounted in spectator mode then another node mounting of a gfs2 in rw mode with a dirty journal will hang.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6, 7 (with the High Availability Add On and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • A Global Filesystem 2(gfs2)
  • At least one cluster node has a gfs2 filesystem mounted in spectator mode.

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