Re: [vserver] reboot -f hangs

From: Daniel Hokka Zakrisson <daniel_at_hozac.com>
Date: Wed 19 Mar 2008 - 14:57:59 GMT
Message-ID: <42538.192.168.101.12.1205938679.squirrel@intranet>

Gebhardt Thomas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I try to reboot a VServer from "inside", the (using reboot -f)
> the VServer doesn't reboot. Even worse: the reboot process does
> not return (state: D) and can't be killed even from the host system

Do you see vshelper processes on the host too?

> myvserver# ps faux
> USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
> root 5656 3.3 0.0 116 40 pts/0 S+ 14:54 0:00 login
> root 5681 0.0 0.0 5052 1652 pts/3 Ss 14:54 0:00
> \_ /bin/bash -login
> root 5686 0.0 0.0 4504 908 pts/3 R+ 14:54 0:00 \_
> ps
> faux
> root 1 0.4 0.0 1944 660 ? Ss 14:43 0:02 init [2]
> root 4888 0.0 0.0 1428 324 ? D 14:48 0:00 reboot -f
>
> I touched a vshelper logfile on the host. It reads:
>
> myhost# cat vshelper.log
> Wed Mar 19 14:24:25 CET 2008: vshelper restart 1136
> Restarting vserver '/etc/vservers/myvserver'
> vserver 'myserver' already running
>
> My kernel version is 2.6.24.2-vs2.2.0.5.0.7 on debian etch
> (util-vserver: 0.30.212-1).

You are using a wildly experimental kernel (i.e. not feature complete,
much less thoroughly tested) with old utils. You'll at least want to
upgrade to 0.30.215, and maybe try a kernel that's known to work...

> Thanks for any hint!
> Kind regards, Thomas

-- 
Daniel Hokka Zakrisson
Received on Wed Mar 19 14:58:16 2008
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