Re: NFS server not responding

[Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>]

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Trond Myklebust wrote:

>>>>>>" " == Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com> writes:
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>     >     linux-2.4.20-nfs-ia64-EIO.patch - increase RPC_RTO_MIN to
>     >     HZ/30
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>Err.. That's a decrease...
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Well... it was in increase at the time I posted the patch.
If remember correctly... there was actually some discussion
that 1/30th of a second was a bit too long...

>You are setting the minimum timeout value at 1/30th of a second
>instead of 1/10th of a second.
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Right... I did miss this "minor" detail when I did the port....

>This might indeed explain why people are seeing an increase in resends
>and 'server not responding' messages.
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Most definitely... Here is the patch that should take care of the problem...

SteveD.


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--- linux-2.4.22/net/sunrpc/timer.c.org	2003-12-04 10:47:01.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.4.22/net/sunrpc/timer.c	2003-12-04 13:46:01.000000000 -0500
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #define RPC_RTO_MAX (60*HZ)
 #define RPC_RTO_INIT (HZ/5)
-#define RPC_RTO_MIN (HZ/30)
+#define RPC_RTO_MIN (HZ/10)
 
 void
 rpc_init_rtt(struct rpc_rtt *rt, long timeo)