From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 18:53:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8F116A518 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from mail.united-ware.com (am-productions.biz [69.61.164.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32E2943DA2 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 18:48:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-24-210-75-119.columbus.res.rr.com [24.210.75.119]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.united-ware.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB7J9065027028 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:09:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mistry.7@osu.edu) From: Anish Mistry To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:49:44 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <20061123162813.L3026@volte.student.utwente.nl> <20061123192532.GA81937@xor.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0612071036v2df98097ncf9c962e43e6f39d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0612071036v2df98097ncf9c962e43e6f39d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4132892.AsO1SIeUNd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200612071349.54854.mistry.7@osu.edu> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,MYFREEBSD2, RCVD_IN_NJABL_DUL autolearn=failed version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.5/2299/Thu Dec 7 02:36:50 2006 on mail.united-ware.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Chris , s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: sshfs/nfs cause server lockup X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:53:03 -0000 --nextPart4132892.AsO1SIeUNd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday 07 December 2006 13:36, Chris wrote: > On 23/11/06, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 04:38:48PM +0100,=20 s.c.sprong@student.utwente.nl wrote: > > > Chris wrote: > > > >kris a development on this, someone else posted about a nfs > > > > problem and reading his post some starkling point he made > > > > about network cards, he stated he only gets the bug on sis rl > > > > and fxp. > > > > > > Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I think that the 'NFS via > > > TCP' thread covers other bugs, ie the inability to mount NFS v3 > > > over TCP. > > > > > > I've tested the cards above, and the person I replied to > > > encountered the same bug with a bge card. My solution was to > > > remove custom nfs settings in sysctl.conf. I don't know which > > > one was the culprit because I don't have the time to look into > > > it further. > > > > > > My poking uncovered a set of crashing bugs and potentially a > > > livelock. I would agree that NFS is very fragile in RELENG_6. > > > So far I've not run into an NFS server > > > deadlock you described. > > > > Are you sure these are NFS problems and not ethernet driver > > problems? > > > > Kris > > Had another lockup today, reattached to screen process to see both > sshfs mounts timed out when running sshfs to remount the terminal > stopped updating, it didnt disconnect me and an ircd running on the > server remained functional and the server responded to pings, > however the terminal was dead and I couldnt login on ssh for a new > session, a ctrl-alt-del also failed to reboot it and it needed a > power cycle again. > > I have googled researched and read dozens and dozens of nfs bug > reports where most of them seem to be a problem caused by nfs not > disconnecting properly leaving itself in a bad state, the fix is > usually to reboot. I am having to reboot weekly more often then my > windows desktop pc, everyone else having no problems with the nfs > on their linux servers having no problems and its hardly inspiring > that the stable freebsd is not stable. All these problems on > google didnt get fixed no dev attention etc. > > So far I have not got my local bsd box up and running yet due to no > keyboard still need parts for it. I've updated the sshfs and libs port, you may want to update and see=20 if that helps. =2D-=20 Anish Mistry --nextPart4132892.AsO1SIeUNd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFeGJSxqA5ziudZT0RAst7AJ0XgRADERczJA/EWuhJ3QxvQO3hIACgnGZA 6YQbWAbDf8Dq2VhcAaqmXNM= =XydR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4132892.AsO1SIeUNd--