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Date:      Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:46:40 +0200
From:      Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
Cc:        "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: nfs lockd errors after NetApp software upgrade.
Message-ID:  <0121E289-D2AE-44BA-ADAC-4814CAEE676F@cs.huji.ac.il>
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> On 18 Dec 2019, at 16:55, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>=20
> Daniel Braniss wrote:
>=20
>> Hi,
>> The server with the problems is running FreeBSD 11.1 stable, it was =
working fine for >several months,
>> but after a software upgrade of our NetAPP server it=E2=80=99s =
reporting many lockd errors >and becomes catatonic,
>> ...
>> Dec 18 13:11:02 moo-09 kernel: nfs server fr-06:/web/www: lockd not =
responding
>> Dec 18 13:11:45 moo-09 last message repeated 7 times
>> Dec 18 13:12:55 moo-09 last message repeated 8 times
>> Dec 18 13:13:10 moo-09 kernel: nfs server fr-06:/web/www: lockd is =
alive again
>> Dec 18 13:13:10 moo-09 last message repeated 8 times
>> Dec 18 13:13:29 moo-09 kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xfffff8004cc051d0: =
Listen queue >overflow: 194 already in queue awaiting acceptance (1 =
occurrences)
>> Dec 18 13:14:29 moo-09 kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xfffff8004cc051d0: =
Listen queue >overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance (3957 =
occurrences)
>> Dec 18 13:15:29 moo-09 kernel: sonewconn: pcb 0xfffff8004cc051d0: =
Listen queue >overflow: 193 already in queue awaiting acceptance =E2=80=A6=

> Seems like their software upgrade didn't improve handling of NLM RPCs?
> Appears to be handling RPCs slowly and/or intermittently. Note that no =
one
> tests it with IPv6, so at least make sure you are still using IPv4 for =
the mounts and
> try and make sure IP broadcast works between client and Netapp. I =
think the NLM
> and NSM (rpc.statd) still use IP broadcast sometimes.
>=20
we are ipv4 - we have our own class c :-)
> Maybe the network guys can suggest more w.r.t. why, but as I've stated =
before,
> the NLM is a fundamentally broken protocol which was never published =
by Sun,
> so I suggest you avoid using it if at all possible.
well, at the moment the ball is on NetAPP court, and switching to NFSv4 =
at the moment is out of the question, it=E2=80=99s
a production server used by several thousand students.

>=20
> - If the locks don't need to be seen by other clients, you can just =
use the "nolockd"
>   mount option.
> or
> - If locks need to be seen by other clients, try NFSv4 mounts. Netapp =
filers
>   should support NFSv4.1, which is a much better protocol that =
NFSv4.0.
>=20
> Good luck with it, rick
thanks
	danny

> =E2=80=A6
> any ideas?
>=20
> thanks,
>        danny
>=20
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