Hi Kamal...

"Kamal R. Prasad" <kamalp@acm.org> wrote in message
news:1125915088.450348.15510@g49g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello,
>
> Im getting a spurious crash fixed by IBM as stated below -involving
> hd_terminate(). It happens on systems that have jf2 as filesystem type
> on aix 5.3 (running mp kernel). Can someone confirm if they get this
> crash and/or whether it is an IBM bug or something that can be
> triggered by bad ke code?
> ------------------------------
>
> APAR: IY21904 COMPID: 5765C3403 REL: 430
> ABSTRACT: HD_TERMINATE(STRIPE)
>
> PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
> A system experiencing this problem would crash at the
> assert in hd_terminate, and analysis of the dump would
> indicate that the logical buffer being terminated is
> actually a striped physical buffer.
>
> PROBLEM SUMMARY:
> System asserts in hd_terminate
>
> PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
> Fix internal logic for striped and mirrored LVs
> ------------------------------

The above abstract shows that IBM has an "Open" APAR against the AIX 5.3
code for the symptom described. I.E. they recognise there is a problem in
their code that will, eventually be fixed and thus "Close" the APAR, in due
course.
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Regards,
Tim Clarke (a.k.a. WBST)