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Date:      Sun, 3 Mar 2024 16:28:23 -0800
From:      Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 13-stable NFS server hang
Message-ID:  <CAM5tNy7Ezs2XnAiWAf2wBrROhweyfWoeq2k%2B0Qqk4KCtw25ReA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 3:27=E2=80=AFPM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com=
> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 1:17=E2=80=AFPM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.c=
om> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 8:28=E2=80=AFPM Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajor=
ity.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > I wrote previously:
> > > > PID    TID COMM                TDNAME              KSTACK
> > > > 997 108481 nfsd                nfsd: master        mi_switch sleepq=
_timedwait _sleep nfsv4_lock nfsrvd_dorpc nfssvc_program svc_run_internal s=
vc_run nfsrvd_nfsd nfssvc_nfsd sys_nfssvc amd64_syscall fast_syscall_common
> > > > 997 960918 nfsd                nfsd: service       mi_switch sleepq=
_timedwait _sleep nfsv4_lock nfsrv_setclient nfsrvd_exchangeid nfsrvd_dorpc=
 nfssvc_program svc_run_internal svc_thread_start fork_exit fork_trampoline
> > > > 997 962232 nfsd                nfsd: service       mi_switch _cv_wa=
it txg_wait_synced_impl txg_wait_synced dmu_offset_next zfs_holey zfs_freeb=
sd_ioctl vn_generic_copy_file_range vop_stdcopy_file_range VOP_COPY_FILE_RA=
NGE vn_copy_file_range nfsrvd_copy_file_range nfsrvd_dorpc nfssvc_program s=
vc_run_internal svc_thread_start fork_exit fork_trampoline
> > >
> > > I spent some time this evening looking at this last stack trace, and
> > > stumbled across the following comment in
> > > sys/contrib/openzfs/module/zfs/dmu.c:
> > >
> > > | /*
> > > |  * Enable/disable forcing txg sync when dirty checking for holes wi=
th lseek().
> > > |  * By default this is enabled to ensure accurate hole reporting, it=
 can result
> > > |  * in a significant performance penalty for lseek(SEEK_HOLE) heavy =
workloads.
> > > |  * Disabling this option will result in holes never being reported =
in dirty
> > > |  * files which is always safe.
> > > |  */
> > > | int zfs_dmu_offset_next_sync =3D 1;
> > >
> > > I believe this explains why vn_copy_file_range sometimes takes much
> > > longer than a second: our servers often have lots of data waiting to
> > > be written to disk, and if the file being copied was recently modifie=
d
> > > (and so is dirty), this might take several seconds.  I've set
> > > vfs.zfs.dmu_offset_next_sync=3D0 on the server that was hurting the m=
ost
> > > and am watching to see if we have more freezes.
> > >
> > > If this does the trick, then I can delay deploying a new kernel until
> > > April, after my upcoming vacation.
> > Interesting. Please let us know how it goes.
> Btw, I just tried this for my trivial test and it worked very well.
> A 1Gbyte file was cpied in two Copy RPCs of 1sec and slightly less than
> 1sec.
Oops, I spoke too soon.
The Copy RPCs worked fine (as above) but the Commit RPCs took
a long time, so it still looks like you may need the patches.

rick

>
> So, your vacation may be looking better, rick
>
> >
> > And enjoy your vacation, rick
> >
> > >
> > > -GAWollman
> > >



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