[gpfsug-discuss] gpfs 4.2.3.6 stops working withkernel 3.10.0-862.2.3.el7

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On Mon, 2018-05-14 at 09:30 -0400, Felipe Knop wrote:
> All,
> 
> Support for RHEL 7.5 and kernel level 3.10.0-862 in Spectrum Scale is
> planned for upcoming PTFs on 4.2.3 and 5.0. Since code changes are
> needed in Scale to support this kernel level, upgrading to one of
> those upcoming PTFs will be required in order to run with that
> kernel.
> 

One wonders what the mmfs26/mmfslinux does that you can't achieve with
fuse these days? Sure I understand back in the day fuse didn't exist
and it could be a significant rewrite of code to use fuse instead. On
the plus side though it would make all these sorts of security issues,
can't upgrade your distro etc. disappear.

JAB.

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