From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 May 2002 18:07:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 May 2002 18:07:09 -0400 Received: from to-velocet.redhat.com ([216.138.202.10]:2295 "EHLO touchme.toronto.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 May 2002 18:07:08 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 18:07:06 -0400 From: Benjamin LaHaise To: Dan Yocum Cc: Trond Myklebust , linux kernel Subject: Re: ns83820 bug. [was Re: Poor NFS client performance on 2.4.18?] Message-ID: <20020508180705.B14959@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3CC86BDC.C8784EA2@fnal.gov> <3CD6FE1E.A20384D@fnal.gov> <3CD7F385.BAA3870B@fnal.gov> <3CD7F8A2.24DF8433@fnal.gov> <3CD98837.16B32F84@fnal.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Upgrade to 0.17 (which is in 2.4.19-pre5 or so and later) and you should find the issue resolved. -ben On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 03:19:03PM -0500, Dan Yocum wrote: > Trond, et al. > > You're right, it's a driver (ns83820) issue. Strange that it only shows up > when trying to execute an app that's mounted via NFS, but, whatever. > Running apps from the the NFS volumes with the eepro100 adapter that's on > the machine works fine with the updated NFS_all patch applied. > > Thanks, again, > Dan > > > Dan Yocum wrote: > > > > Dan Yocum wrote: > > > > > > Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 7. May 2002 00:05, Dan Yocum wrote: > > > > > Trond, > > > > > > > > > > OK, so backing out the rpc_tweaks dif fixed the performance problem, > > > > > however, seems to have introduced another problem that appears to be > > > > > stemming from the seekdir.dif. Attempting to run an app from an IRIX > > > > > client (that has the 32bitclients option set) freezes the NFS volume - one > > > > > can't access it from the Linux side, anymore. > > > > > > > > > > You can read and write to the NFS volume *before* trying to run something > > > > > from there, but not after. > > > > > > > > > > Ideas? > > > > > > > > That smells like another network driver bug. Have you tcpdumped the traffic > > > > between client and server? > > > > > > Ah, that may be the case - the problem also exists with a Linux server as > > > well... let me check, and I'll let you know. > > > > I take that back - it's only hanging on the Linux server when the IRIX > > server is already hung. > > > -- > Dan Yocum > Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Fermilab 630.840.6509 > yocum@fnal.gov, http://www.sdss.org > SDSS. Mapping the Universe. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- "You will be reincarnated as a toad; and you will be much happier."