Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:57:33 -0700 From: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird Linux - FreeBSD/ZFS NFSv4 interoperability problem Message-ID: <AANLkTinnfs1B3%2B0dHfXyv4XtrWJ9_c%2BLWsVg0SC9yz_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <i5qgqa$mi9$2@dough.gmane.org> References: <AANLkTikYbz_fxOF=8LjyJ9Ck6otCGn7GeeqnB48bDbM6@mail.gmail.com> <i5qgqa$mi9$2@dough.gmane.org>
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Thanks, Ivan. I'll pursue it there. If it's not ready for prime time yet, I understand, but I'd also like to help nudge it in that direction. :) On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 09/02/10 21:25, David Brodbeck wrote: >> >> While doing some interoperability testing between Linux and FreeBSD, I >> came up with this unusual issue. =A0I could use some help figuring out >> if this is a bug, and if so, where to file it. =A0Here's the scenario: >> >> - FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE server, sharing a ZFS filesystem via NFSv4. > > I think that this is the beginning of your problems - even the developer = who > is working on NFSv4 says it's too experimental to be used in real world. > >> - Linux client (I've tested with RHEL 5.4 and Debian Lenny) mounting >> said filesystem with NFSv4. >> - A user on the Linux client does a Subversion checkout onto the >> mounted filesystem. >> >> At the end of the checkout, access to the filesystem hangs. =A0nfsd on >> the FreeBSD server and rpciod on the Linux client seem to be in a >> tight loop, and there's lots of network traffic between them. =A0I can >> reproduce this every time. >> >> The problem does not occur if the backing filesystem is UFS instead of >> ZFS, if NFSv3 is used instead of NFSv4, or if the client is FreeBSD >> instead of Linux. > > ... but you may have stumbled on something specific. I recommend you repe= at > this same post (and others you have on the similar topic) on the freebsd-= fs > at freebsd.org mailing list, the developer (Rick Macklem) reads it. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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