From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kris Vassallo Subject: Re: Stale File handles keep coming back Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 14:21:15 -0700 Message-ID: <1115155275.2894.20.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1114463253.2487.73.camel@localhost.localdomain> <17006.13241.129839.558300@cse.unsw.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-ZBaJ/DmuGkWTCBSTN4Ro" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1DT4pd-0005jd-GI for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 May 2005 14:21:29 -0700 Received: from meteor.hosting4less.com ([63.99.109.5]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1DT4pb-00085s-UF for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 03 May 2005 14:21:29 -0700 To: Neil Brown In-Reply-To: <17006.13241.129839.558300@cse.unsw.edu.au> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: --=-ZBaJ/DmuGkWTCBSTN4Ro Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit So in reference to this bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=150759 it seems as if ridding the system of the journal by instead using ext2 is fixing the problem? I can't tell if that bug has anything to do with providing ESTALE errors but it seems to have the same effect where you can't see files even though they are there. Has anyone tried using the journal_data_ordered option? I am not sure there is a way to do that in reiser but I know it can be done with ext3. I am wondering if stuff is sitting in the journal and there is a lag between writing in the journal and then having that data written to disk. Using journal_data_ordered would theoretically fix that problem as it would force the data to be written to the disk first. This is just a shot in the dark and I will let you know if I have any success with this. Does anyone have any ideas on this? -Kris On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 05:27, Neil Brown wrote: > On Monday April 25, kris@linuxcertified.com wrote: > > I am experiencing a problem with stale file handles, and I have not been > > able to find an answer in the archives nor has doing anything in the > > readme helped. I apologize if an answer has already been posted > > regarding an issue such as this. After many frustrating hours of > > troubleshooting I am hoping for some help. The mail is long but I am > > hoping that it answers all the questions. > > Very odd... > > The output of: > > echo 2048 > /proc/sys/sunrpc/rpc_debug > grep . /proc/net/rpc/*/content > ls -l /proc/fs/nfsd > cat /proc/fs/nfs/exports > > might help. > > Thanks, > NeilBrown > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs --=-ZBaJ/DmuGkWTCBSTN4Ro Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit So in reference to this bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=150759
it seems as if ridding the system of the journal by instead using ext2 is fixing the problem? I can't tell if that bug has anything to do with providing ESTALE errors but it seems to have the same effect where you can't see files even though they are there.

Has anyone tried using the journal_data_ordered option? I am not sure there is a way to do that in reiser but I know it can be done with ext3. I am wondering if stuff is sitting in the journal and there is a lag between writing in the journal and then having that data written to disk. Using journal_data_ordered would theoretically fix that problem as it would force the data to be written to the disk first.
This is just a shot in the dark and I will let you know if I have any success with this. Does anyone have any ideas on this?

-Kris

On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 05:27, Neil Brown wrote: 
On Monday April 25, kris@linuxcertified.com wrote:
> I am experiencing a problem with stale file handles, and I have not been
> able to find an answer in the archives nor has doing anything in the
> readme helped. I apologize if an answer has already been posted
> regarding an issue such as this. After many frustrating hours of
> troubleshooting I am hoping for some help. The mail is long but I am
> hoping that it answers all the questions. 

Very odd...

The output of:

  echo 2048 > /proc/sys/sunrpc/rpc_debug
  grep . /proc/net/rpc/*/content
  ls -l /proc/fs/nfsd
  cat /proc/fs/nfs/exports

might help.

Thanks,
NeilBrown


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