[CentOS] Any known problems with kernel-2.6.18-164.el5.x86_64 / x86_64 / 3ware?

[John Austin]

On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 09:02 -0400, mbneto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a server that is running centos 5.3 x86_64 that until last week
> was running fine.   With no error messages in console and
> in /var/log/messages the server simply stops responding. 
> 
> After a reboot everything is fine.   The only change (that I could
> find) but that was not active before the first incident/reboot was the
> update of the kernel and friends.
> 
> The server (is this can help) is a intel quad core, 8GB RAM , 3 x 1TB
> disks (raid mirror with 2 active / 1 spare via 3ware controller)
> 
> Any known problem with the kernel-2.6.18-164.el5.x86_64? (I am
> assuming that this would be the only thing that could cause the
> problem due to the lack of other messages.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> yum.log
> Sep 24 12:13:48 Updated: openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:49 Updated: mysql-5.0.77-3.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:49 Updated: nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:49 Updated: openssl-0.9.8e-12.el5.i686
> Sep 24 12:13:49 Installed: libXrender-0.9.1-3.1.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:49 Installed: freetype-2.2.1-21.el5_3.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:51 Installed: fontconfig-2.4.1-7.el5.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Updated: mysql-5.0.77-3.el5.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Installed: libjpeg-6b-37.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Installed: 2:libpng-1.2.10-7.1.el5_3.2.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Updated: openssh-4.3p2-36.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Updated: gnutls-1.4.1-3.el5_3.5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Installed: keyutils-1.2-1.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Installed: cairo-1.2.4-5.el5.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:52 Installed: libtiff-3.8.2-7.el5_3.4.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: atk-1.12.2-1.fc6.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: libXfixes-4.0.1-2.1.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Updated: lftp-3.7.11-4.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: trousers-0.3.1-4.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Updated: ecryptfs-utils-75-5.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: libXcursor-1.1.7-1.1.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: libXft-2.1.10-1.1.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: pango-1.14.9-5.el5.centos.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:53 Installed: libXrandr-1.1.1-3.1.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:54 Updated: nspr-4.7.5-1.el5_4.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:54 Installed: libXinerama-1.0.1-2.1.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:54 Installed: gnutls-1.4.1-3.el5_3.5.i386
> Sep 24 12:13:54 Updated: openssh-clients-4.3p2-36.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:54 Updated: openssh-server-4.3p2-36.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:55 Updated: mysql-server-5.0.77-3.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:56 Updated: 1:nfs-utils-1.0.9-42.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:56 Updated: dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:57 Updated: openssl-devel-0.9.8e-12.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:57 Updated: mysql-devel-5.0.77-3.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:13:57 Updated: mysql-devel-5.0.77-3.el5.i386
> Sep 24 12:14:04 Installed: kernel-2.6.18-164.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:14:04 Updated: kernel-headers-2.6.18-164.el5.x86_64
> Sep 24 12:14:04 Installed: 1:cups-libs-1.3.7-8.el5_3.6.i386
> Sep 24 12:14:05 Installed: gtk2-2.10.4-20.el5.i386
> Sep 24 12:14:05 Installed: trousers-0.3.1-4.el5.i386
> Sep 24 12:14:05 Updated: ecryptfs-utils-75-5.el5.i386
> 
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Hi

Are you using nfs4 ?

Could it be the fact that nfs4 does not work with this kernel ?

This bit me hard
Revert to the previous kernel or use nfs3

http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3840
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524520

John