linux-kernel - Re: NFS regression? Odd delays and lockups accessing an NFS export.

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Date:	Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:09:49 +0100
From:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
To:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
Cc:	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...il.com>,
	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, neilb@...e.de, bfields@...ldses.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: NFS regression? Odd delays and lockups accessing an NFS export.

(added some quoting from previous mail to save replying twice)

On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 15:19 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 15:17 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > >From the tcpdump, it looks as if the NFS server is failing to close the
> > socket, when the client closes its side. You therefore end up getting
> > stuck in the FIN_WAIT2 state (as netstat clearly shows above).
> >
> > Is the server keeping the client in this state for a very long
> > period?

Well, it had been around an hour and a half on this occasion. Next time
it happens I can wait longer but I'm pretty sure I've come back from
time away and it's been wedged for at least a day. How long would you
expect it to remain in this state for?

> BTW: the RPC client is closing the socket because it detected no NFS
> activity for 5 minutes. Did you expect any NFS activity during this
> time?

It's a mythtv box so at times where no one is watching anything and
there isn't anything to record I expect NFS activity is pretty minimal.

Ian.

-- 
Ian Campbell

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