linux-kernel - Re: Success! Was: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

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Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:37:30 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Florin Iucha <florin@...ha.net>
Cc:	chuck.lever@...cle.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Success! Was: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series
	of issues

On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 08:30 -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 04:49:31PM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 05:30:42PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > > > I'm far from the machine right now, so I will do some more tests
> > > > tonight, but right now, the new patchset is not good.  What is the
> > > > difference between reverting the patch you sent yesterday and your
> > > > current fifth patch?  I assume the other four are identical, right?
> > > 
> > > The only difference is the way in which we handle retries of an NFSv4
> > > request: the new patch disconnects if and only if a timeout has
> > > occurred, or the server sends us garbage.
> > 
> > I have to mention that I rebased to the head of the tree
> > (895e1fc7226e6732bc77138955b6c7dfa279f57a) before applying your
> > patches, in order to test what I expect the official tree to be.
> > 
> > Tonight I'll test this kernel once more, then go back to 21-rc7 and
> > apply your 5 patches and re-test.
> 
> It passed big-copy, and the copy run from the gnome-session while I
> did my morning light browsing, email reading, etc.
> 
> kernel:
>    895e1fc7226e6732bc77138955b6c7dfa279f57a
> 
> patches:
>    linux-2.6.21-001-cleanup_unstable_write.dif
>    linux-2.6.21-002-defer_clearing_pg_writeback.dif
>    linux-2.6.21-003-fix_desynchronised_ncommit.dif
>    linux-2.6.21-004-fix_nfs_set_page_dirty.dif
>    linux-2.6.21-005-fix_nfsv4_resend.dif
> 
> Regards,
> florin

Thanks! Did you ever find out what had happened to the test that hung
last night?

Cheers
  Trond
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