Re: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

Trond Myklebust
2007-04-18T14:19:33Z

On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 09:17 -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:11:46AM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 08:42 -0500, Florin Iucha wrote:
> > > Could the port in CLOSE_WAIT state be the culprit? (FWIW
> > > the server has been up for 38 days and subjected to
> > > this nfs test quite a bit without showing any stress).
> >
> > The port in CLOSE_WAIT shows that a socket was closed down recently, but
> > once the connection is re-established, the client should start sending
> > data.
> > Do you have a copy of wireshark or ethereal on hand? If so, could you
> > take a look at whether or not any NFS traffic is going between the
> > client and server once the hang happens?
> > Note that the timeout value is 60 seconds, so if you see no immediate
> > traffic, then let the ethereal/wireshark session keep running for a
> > couple more minutes.
>
> Should I run wireshark/ethereal on the client or on the server?

On the client, please, for the moment.

Cheers
Trond