[ic] Perl 5.8.0 + Interchange Clustering locking issues

Joachim Leidinger interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sat Jul 27 16:29:00 2002


Dan Browning wrote:
> For fun, I was testing Perl 5.8.0 (default build options) on our 
> Interchange cluster and found some file locking problems.  We'll be 
> sticking with 5.6.1 for now, but I wanted to warn those who run clusters 
> just in case they try it:
> 
> x.x.x.x - - [27/July/2002:12:10:03 -0700] www11 
> /cgi-bin/template/index.html Runtime error: Could not lock file:
> Interrupted system call
> 
> It occurs even under very light loads, with MySQL sessions, and 
> everything else shared over NFS3 (fcntl locks).  Perhaps it will be 
> fixed in Perl 5.8.1...

It this happens with TRAFFIC = low or high? Did you get such message 
with TRAFFIC = rpc too?

Joachim


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