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Date:      Sat, 28 May 2022 00:12:59 +0000
From:      Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
To:        Andreas Kempe <kempe@lysator.liu.se>
Cc:        "freebsd-fs@freebsd.org" <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 12.3/13.1 NFS client hang
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Andreas Kempe <kempe@lysator.liu.se> wrote:=0A=
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> The one thing we have seen logged are messages along the lines of:=0A=
> kernel: newnfs: server 'mail' error: fileid changed. fsid 4240eca6003a052=
a:0: > expected fileid 0x22, got 0x2. (BROKEN NFS SERVER OR MIDDLEWARE)=0A=
I think this can also happen if a Getattr operation fails with an error at=
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the server. It then has "default attributes" and a default of 0x2 (root ino=
de#)=0A=
can be expected. So, I suspect this is what is happening. Generally, failed=
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Getattrs will be problematic, but I'm not sure if they can cause hangs?=0A=
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If you can capture packets when these get logged, we can confirm if a=0A=
Getattr operation has failed with an error.=0A=
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rick=0A=
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> Also, maybe I'm old fashioned, but I find "ps axHl" useful, since it show=
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> where all the processes are sleeping.=0A=
> And "procstat -kk" covers all of the locks.=0A=
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I don't know if it is a matter of being old fashioned as much as one=0A=
of taste. :) In future dumps, I can provide both ps axHl and procstat -kk.=
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> > Below are procstat kstack $PID invocations showing where the processes=
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> > have hung. In the nfsv4_sequencelookup it seems hung waiting for=0A=
> > nfsess_slots to have an available slot. In the second nfs_lock case,=0A=
> > it seems the processes are stuck waiting on vnode locks.=0A=
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> > These issues seem to appear seemingly at random, but also if=0A=
> > operations that open a lot of files or create a lot of file locks are=
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> > used. An example that can often provoke a hang is performing a=0A=
> > recursive grep through a large file hierarchy like the FreeBSD=0A=
> > codebase.=0A=
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> > The NFS code is large and complicated so any advice is appriciated!=0A=
> Yea. I'm the author and I don't know exactly what it all does;-)\=0A=
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> > Cordially,=0A=
> > Andreas Kempe=0A=
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> [...]=0A=
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> Not very useful unless you have all the processes and their locks to try =
and figure out what is holding=0A=
> the vnode locks.=0A=
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Yes, I sent this mostly in the hope that it might be something that=0A=
someone has seen before. I understand that more verbose information is=0A=
needed to track down the lock contention.=0A=
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I'll switch our machines back to using hard mounts and try to get as=0A=
much diagnostic information as possible when the next lockup happens.=0A=
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Do you have any good suggestions for tracking down the issue? I've=0A=
been contemplating enabling WITNESS or building with debug information=0A=
to be able to hook in the kernel debugger.=0A=
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Thank you very much for your reply!=0A=
Cordially,=0A=
Andreas Kempe=0A=
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> rick=0A=
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