Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:40:01 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Yoriaki FUJIMORI <fujimori@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nfsd/ypserv die on smp Message-ID: <20011121124001.H13393@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200111211402.fALE2IV07067@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp>; from fujimori@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 11:02:18PM %2B0000 References: <200111211402.fALE2IV07067@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp>
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* Yoriaki FUJIMORI <fujimori@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp> [011121 08:02] wrote:
> Dear Folks,
> I am running R4.4 on dual P3/1GHz PC box. The box is meant to be the
> file server and nis server in my network. In these weeks, I am observing
> very funny things on this box.
>
> The problem is that, as stated in the Subject line, nfsd and ypserv die
> on this smp box.
> (1) When I started running R4.3, I noticed ypserv dies within a few days,
> while nfsd dies very rarely. `lastcomm ypserv' returns "-SFX" mark.
> (2) Now, on R4.4, nfsd die often. `lastcomm nfsd' also returns the
> same.
> # Yesterday, I invoked nfsd with `-u -t -n 16', but now only 9
> of them are alive.
I think there's some weirdness in either the nfsd userland or kernel
code that makes "max startups" limited to 8 or so. The nfsds probably
didn't die, they just never started up. Can you test to see what
happens right away if you issue -n 16?
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
http://www.morons.org/rants/gpl-harmful.php3
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