Re: NFS issues with recent kernels [long]

["André Berger" <andre.berger-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org>]

* Chuck Lever (2009-05-08):
> On May 8, 2009, at 3:38 PM, Andr=E9 Berger wrote:
>> * Andr=E9 Berger (2009-04-21):
>>> * Chuck Lever (2009-04-20):
>>>> On Apr 20, 2009, at 5:14 AM, Andr=E9 Berger wrote:
>>>>> * Chuck Lever (2009-04-17):
[...]
> Assuming 192.168.1.8 is your server, frame 79 and 622 report FSINFO =20
> results:
>
> Network File System, FSINFO Reply
>     [Program Version: 3]
>     [V3 Procedure: FSINFO (19)]
>     Status: NFS3_OK (0)
>     obj_attributes
>         attributes_follow: no value (0)
>     rtmax: 16384
>     rtpref: 16384
>     rtmult: 4096
>     wtmax: 16384
>     wtpref: 16384
>     wtmult: 4096
>     dtpref: 4096
>     maxfilesize: 2194719883264
>     time delta: 1.000000000 seconds
>         seconds: 1
>         nano seconds: 0
>     Properties: 0x0000001b
>         1... . =3D SETATTR can set time on server
>         .1.. . =3D PATHCONF is valid for all files
>         ...1 . =3D File System supports symbolic links
>         .... 1 =3D File System supports hard links
>
> says your server operating system supports NFS rsize and wsize maxima=
 of=20
> 16384 bytes.
>
> RFC 1813:
>> rtmax
>> The maximum size in bytes of a READ request supported by the server.=
 =20
>> Any READ with a number greater than rtmax will result in a short rea=
d of=20
>> rtmax bytes or less.

My OS is 2.6.29.2, Debian etch, on a PPC system. I swear I got 32K
[rw]size with kernels < 2.6.19, at least "mount" reported them as
such. With recent kernels, "mount" and your analysis agree on just
16K. So, what can I do?

-Andr=E9

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