Re: Bug: nfsiostat fails to parse file /proc/self/mountstats in some cases

[Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>]

On 31/07/13 08:11, Abhijeet Rastogi wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> So, this is what I'm observing.
> 
> $ sudo nfsiostat
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File " in="" line="" module="" nfsiostat="" sbin="" usr="">
> iostat_command(prog)
>   File "/usr/sbin/nfsiostat", line 587, in iostat_command
>     devices = list_nfs_mounts(origdevices, mountstats)
>   File "/usr/sbin/nfsiostat", line 490, in list_nfs_mounts
>     stats.parse_stats(descr)
>   File "/usr/sbin/nfsiostat", line 179, in parse_stats
>     self.__parse_rpc_line(words)
>   File "/usr/sbin/nfsiostat", line 163, in __parse_rpc_line
>     self.__rpc_data[op] = [long(word) for word in words[1:]]
> ValueError: invalid literal for long() with base 10: 'device'
> 
> This happens because it's unexpected for nfsiostat to find line "no
> device mounted on /sys/kernel/debug with fstype debugfs" in
> /proc/self/mountstats. http://pb.abhijeetr.com/UREA
What version of nfs-utils are you using?

> 
> For now, I added
> 
>         if line.startswith("no device mounted"):
>             continue
> 
> to fix the issue in parse_stats_file function. http://pb.abhijeetr.com/HUXO
> 
> Please ask if any more info is required. What's the best way to handle
> it so that it can be added to upstream code?
Please post a formal patch. Here are some guidelines to follow
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

But in a nutshell, here is what I do. 

git clone git://linux-nfs.org/~steved/nfs-utils.git
cd nfs-utils.git
<make the change to tools/nfs-iostat/nfs-iostat.py>
<test the change to tools/nfs-iostat/nfs-iostat.py>
git commit -s -a 
<describe what that patch does; See section 2 of SubmittingPatches>
git format-patch -1
<there will be a 0001- patch file in the current directory>
git send-email --suppress-cc=all --suppress-from --no-chain-reply-to \
       --from "Abhijeet Rastogi <abhijeet.1989@gmail.com>"
       --to "Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>"
       --cc "Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>" 

Note: I --dry-run flag to test the git send-email command before
  I actually send the mail. 

I hope this helps...

steved.