Re: 2.6.x breaks some Berkeley/Sleepycat DB functionality

[Valdis . Kletnieks]

On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:16:12 MST, Dan Egli <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  said:

> I run a PGP Public key server on this machine and under 2.4.x it's
> "smooth as silk". But if I boot under 2.6.x, it's gaurenteed failure. If
> I try to build a database using the build command (this is an sks
> server, so it's sks build or sks fastbuild) I IMMEDIATELY get  Bdb
> error. But the exact same command with the exact same libraries and
> input files under 2.4.20 works without a hitch.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas? Anything else I can provide to assist in debugging?

Off the top of my head, O_DIRECT horkage?  I believe that 2.6 has more
stringent buffer alignment requirements.  A quick 'strace' would probably show
if that's the problem.

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