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

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Date:	Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:14:50 -0500
From:	florin@...ha.net (Florin Iucha)
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	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: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 08:42:25AM -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 09:15:31AM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> The netstat outputs are stable (not changed in 5 minutes):
> 
>    http://iucha.net/nfs/21-rc7-nfs3/netstat-server :
> 
> tcp        1      0 hermes.iucha.org:nfs    zeus.iucha.org:799      CLOSE_WAIT 
> tcp        0      0 hermes.iucha.org:nfs    zeus.iucha.org:976      ESTABLISHED
> 
>    http://iucha.net/nfs/21-rc7-nfs3/netstat-client
> 
> Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State      
> tcp        0      0 zeus.iucha.org:976      hermes.iucha.org:nfs    ESTABLISHED
> tcp        0      0 zeus.iucha.org:ssh      hermes.iucha.org:56880  ESTABLISHED
> tcp        0      0 zeus.iucha.org:ssh      hermes.iucha.org:45176  ESTABLISHED
> 
> Could the port in CLOSE_WAIT state be the culprit?  (FWIW
> the server has been up for 38 days and subjected to
> this nfs test quite a bit without showing any stress).

The CLOSE_WAIT went away as soon as I rebooted the client.  Something
was holding it up...

Regards,
florin

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