GFS2 withdrawals in gfs2_setbit: function = gfs2_setbit, file = fs/gfs2/rgrp.c, line = 99

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Issue

  • All processes accessing one or more GFS2 filesystems on all nodes hang
  • Call traces like the following are seen in the messages log on one or more nodes:
    Aug 30 15:53:04 node-2 kernel: block = 0x3368 old_state=0, new_state=0
    Aug 30 15:53:04 node-2 kernel: GFS2: fsid=RDC1-CES:home1.3: fatal: filesystem consistency error
    Aug 30 15:53:04 node-2 kernel: GFS2: fsid=RDC1-CES:home1.3:   RG = 92927554
    Aug 30 15:53:04 node-2 kernel: GFS2: fsid=RDC1-CES:home1.3:   function = gfs2_setbit, file = fs/gfs2/rgrp.c, line = 99
    Aug 30 15:53:04 node-2 kernel: GFS2: fsid=RDC1-CES:home1.3: about to withdraw this file system
    Aug 30 15:53:04 node-2 kernel: GFS2: fsid=RDC1-CES:home1.3: telling LM to withdraw
    Aug 30 15:53:05 node-2 kernel: GFS2: fsid=RDC1-CES:home1.3: withdrawn
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.3 - 5.6 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • A Global Filesystem 2(GFS2)

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