Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 18:49:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Hartmut Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: files disappearing from ls on NFS Message-ID: <347158778.122924.1367707768693.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305042008340.3521@KNOP-BEAGLE.kn.op.dlr.de>
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Hartmut Brandt wrote: > On Fri, 3 May 2013, Rick Macklem wrote: > > RM>Ok, if you succeed in isolating the commit, that would be great. > > Hmm. I'm somewhat stuck. clang from yesterday can't compile clang from > a > month ago... > > harti > Oh, and one other thing you can try is switching to the old client "mount -t oldnfs ...". rick > RM> > RM>rick > RM> > RM>> harti > RM>> > RM>> On Fri, 3 May 2013, Rick Macklem wrote: > RM>> > RM>> RM>Hartmut Brandt wrote: > RM>> RM>> Hi, > RM>> RM>> > RM>> RM>> I've updated one of my -current machines this week (previous > RM>> update > RM>> RM>> was in > RM>> RM>> february). Now I see a strange effect (it seems only on NFS > RM>> mounts): > RM>> RM>> ls or > RM>> RM>> even echo * will list only some files (strange enough the > first > RM>> files > RM>> RM>> from > RM>> RM>> the normal, alphabetically ordered list). If I change > something > RM>> in the > RM>> RM>> directory (delete a file or create a new one) for some time > the > RM>> RM>> complete > RM>> RM>> listing will appear but after sime time (seconds to a minute > or > RM>> so) > RM>> RM>> again > RM>> RM>> only part of the files is listed. > RM>> RM>> > RM>> RM>> A ktrace on ls /usr/src/lib/libc/gen shows that > getdirentries is > RM>> RM>> called > RM>> RM>> only once (returning 4096). For a full listing getdirentries > is > RM>> called > RM>> RM>> 5 > RM>> RM>> times with the last returning 0. > RM>> RM>> > RM>> RM>> I can still open files that are not listed if I know their > name, > RM>> RM>> though. > RM>> RM>> > RM>> RM>> The NFS server is a Windows 2008 server with an OpenText NFS > RM>> Server > RM>> RM>> which > RM>> RM>> works without problems to all the other FreeBSD machines. > RM>> RM>> > RM>> RM>> So what could that be? > RM>> RM>> > RM>> RM>Someone else reported missing files returned via "ls" > recently, > RM>> when > RM>> RM>they used a small readdirsize (below 8K). I haven't yet had a > RM>> change to try > RM>> RM>and reproduce it or do any snooping around. > RM>> RM> > RM>> RM>There haven't been any recent changes to readdir in the NFS > client, > RM>> RM>except a trivial one that adds a check for vnode type being > VDIR, > RM>> RM>so I don't see that it can be a recent NFS change. > RM>> RM> > RM>> RM>If you can increase the readdirsize, try that to see if it > avoids > RM>> RM>the problem. "nfsstat -m" shows you what the mount options end > up > RM>> RM>being after doing the mount. The server might be limiting the > RM>> readdirsize > RM>> RM>to 4K, so you should check, even if you specify a large value > for > RM>> RM>the mount. > RM>> RM> > RM>> RM>rick > RM>> RM> > RM>> RM>> Regards, > RM>> RM>> harti > RM>> RM>> _______________________________________________ > RM>> RM>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > RM>> RM>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > RM>> RM>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > RM>> RM>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > RM>> RM> > RM>> _______________________________________________ > RM>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > RM>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > RM>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > RM>> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > RM> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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