On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 20:41 -0700, Chris Walker wrote:
From jimc [07/20 15:31]:
Actually, only the sysop knows which is more important: doing the mount
storm to respond to stat() or statfs(), or avoiding the storm.
Agreed. In our case, we have 'heavily discouraged' use of /net on our
big servers and we would prefer that statfs()/stat() waited for the
automount to complete.
Just to be absolutely clear.
The "browse" or "--ghost option isn't being used, in oder to avoid mount
storms, but we still see stat(2) and statfs(2) (et. al.) not wait for a
mount to complete.
Is that right?
Is anyone in a position to test a kernel patch?
I may be willing to try the patch, but first I need to see if I can
recreate the problem reliably. If not, there isn't much use. I just
know that on our "faster" servers, the programmers I work with have
demonstrated the issue. I will need their help. I'll let know if I
make head way. Thanks,