"dlm: <lockspace>: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 269f574" appears frequently in the logs in a RHEL 5 Resilient Storage cluster

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The following messages on RHEL 5 is repeated over and over: "dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 269f574"

Jul  3 00:00:26 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 269f574
Jul  3 00:00:32 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 269f574
Jul  3 00:00:32 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 6b8d5
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 269f574
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 6b8d5
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 6b8d7
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 6b8d8
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 269f5bb
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 6b907
Jul  3 00:00:38 node42 kernel: dlm: gfs2app: dlm_posix_lock: vfs lock error 6b908

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 with the Resilient Storage Add-On
  • One or more GFS2 file system
    • Some application or user is issuing POSIX lock requests via fcntl to a GFS2 file system

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