Re: change strip_cache_size freeze the whole raid

[Steve Cousins]

Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Yes, I noticed this bug too, if you change it too many times or change it 
> at the 'wrong' time, it hangs up when you echo numbr > 
> /proc/stripe_cache_size.
>
> Basically don't run it more than once and don't run it at the 'wrong' time 
> and it works.  Not sure where the bug lies, but yeah I've seen that on 3 
> different machines!

Can you tell us when the "right" time is or maybe what the "wrong" time 
is?  Also, is this kernel specific?  Does it (increasing 
stripe_cache_size) work with RAID6 too?

Thanks,

Steve
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