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

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Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:50:46 -0500
From:	florin@...ha.net (Florin Iucha)
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
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: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 11:17:28AM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-04-19 at 11:12 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > Perhaps instead of looking at the number of bytes sent, the logic in the 
> > last hunk of this patch should check which queue the request is sitting on.
> 
> ??? It would be a bug for the request to be sitting on _any_ queue when
> it enters xprt_transmit().
> 
> Here is the patch that I'm currently testing.

Trond,

What is the set of patches that are you testing?  I'd like to give
that a spin tonight as well.

It is possible that what makes my configuration more susceptible
to the problem is the fact that the client significantly overpowers
the server: Athlon x2 4200+ with 2Gb of RAM for the client vs. PIII
1Ghz 512 MB RAM for the server.  They both have gigabit ethernet
and both NICs and the switch support jumbo frames.

Regards,
florin

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