RE: 2.2.3 w/db-4.2.50 fails test000 on SGI only (ITS#2856)

[hyc@highlandsun.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-bugs@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-bugs@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of dbroady@lexmark.com

> Howard,
>
> How do I go about telling Sleepycat about this?  I don't have
> a support
> contract with them, nor do see on their website how to submit issues.

Send an email with the problem description to support@sleepycat.com. They
will at least track the issue, if nothing else.

> To:     <dbroady@lexmark.com>, <openldap-its@OpenLDAP.org>
> cc:
> Subject:        RE: 2.2.3 w/db-4.2.50 fails test000 on SGI
> only (ITS#2856)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-openldap-bugs@OpenLDAP.org
> > [mailto:owner-openldap-bugs@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of
> dbroady@lexmark.com
>
> > Full_Name: Darin Broady
> > Version: 2.2.3
> > OS: Irix 6.5.19m
> > URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> > Submission from: (NULL) (192.146.101.11)
> >
> >
> > Setup:
> > --------
> > Berkeley 4.2.50 -- ../dist/configure --prefix=<>
> > OL 2.2.3beta    -- ./configure --prefix=<> --enable-crypt
> > --enable-monitor
> > --enable-hdb
> > CPPFLAGS & LDFLAGS point to location of db-4.2.50 & openssl-0.9.6k
> >
> > Test000 fails with the following message in testrun/slapd.1.log:
> > ----------------------------------
> > bdb_db_open: o=OpenLDAP Project,l=Internet
> > bdb_db_open: dbenv_open(./testrun/db.1.a)
> > bdb(o=OpenLDAP Project,l=Internet): write: 0x7fff0a70, 8192:
> > Invalid argument
> > bdb(o=OpenLDAP Project,l=Internet): PANIC: Invalid argument
> > bdb_db_open: dbenv_open failed: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
> > run database
> > recovery (-30978)
> > backend_startup: bi_db_open(0) failed! (-30978)
> > slapd shutdown: initiated
> > ====> bdb_cache_release_all
> > slapd shutdown: freeing system resources.
> > bdb(o=OpenLDAP Project,l=Internet): txn_checkpoint interface
> > requires an
> > environment configured for the transaction subsystem
> > bdb_db_destroy: txn_checkpoint failed: Invalid argument (22)
> > slapd stopped.
> > connections_destroy: nothing to destroy.
> >
> >
> > Seeing the "write: 0x7fff0a70, 8192" message coming from BDB,
> > I went to look
> > through
> > that code.  It appears as if BDB tries to do a O_DIRECT write
> > on the file, but
> > it
> > errors out with EINVAL.  I think that BDB is not following
> > the rules setup on
> > Irix
> > for doing a DIRECT IO operation.  Irix apparently has some stringent
> > requirements
> > on the alignment of data for O_DIRECT operations that other
> > operating system do
> > not have.

> Sounds like a bug in BDB that should be reported to
> SleepyCat. According to
> the SleepyCat documentation, DIRECT IO is not used by default, you're
> supposed to set the DB_DIRECT_DB environment flag to enable
> it. OpenLDAP does not enable this flag by default.

  -- Howard Chu
  Chief Architect, Symas Corp.       Director, Highland Sun
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