From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Nov 21 10:40:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D13F037B41C for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:40:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id A4D7D81D17; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:40:01 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:40:01 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Yoriaki FUJIMORI Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nfsd/ypserv die on smp Message-ID: <20011121124001.H13393@elvis.mu.org> References: <200111211402.fALE2IV07067@grafin.fujimori.cache.waseda.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i 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 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Yoriaki FUJIMORI [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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message