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Date:      Sun, 4 Apr 2021 23:12:49 +0000
From:      Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
To:        "tuexen@freebsd.org" <tuexen@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "Scheffenegger, Richard" <Richard.Scheffenegger@netapp.com>, Youssef GHORBAL <youssef.ghorbal@pasteur.fr>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NFS Mount Hangs
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tuexen@freebsd.org wrote:=0A=
>> On 4. Apr 2021, at 22:28, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote:=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Oops, yes the packet capture is on freefall (forgot to mention that;-).=
=0A=
>> You should be able to:=0A=
>> % fetch https://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/linuxtofreenfs.pcap=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Some useful packet #s are:=0A=
>> 1949 - partitioning starts=0A=
>> 2005 - partition healed=0A=
>> 2060 - last RST=0A=
>> 2067 - SYN -> gets going again=0A=
>>=0A=
>> This was taken at the Linux end. I have FreeBSD end too, although I=0A=
>> don't think it tells you anything more.=0A=
>Hi Rick,=0A=
>=0A=
>I would like to look at the FreeBSD side, too. =0A=
fetch https://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/freetolinuxnfs.pcap=0A=
=0A=
>Do you also know, what=0A=
>the state of the TCP connection was when the SYN / ACK / RST game was=0A=
>going on?=0A=
Just ESTABLISHED when the battle goes on.=0A=
And it happens when the Send-Q is 0.=0A=
(If the Send-Q is not empty, it finds its way to CLOSED.)=0A=
=0A=
If I wait long enough before healing the partition, it will=0A=
go to FIN_WAIT_1, and then if I plug it back in, it does not=0A=
do battle (at least not for long).=0A=
=0A=
Btw, I have one running now that seems stuck really good.=0A=
It has been 20minutes since I plugged the net cable back in.=0A=
(Unfortunately, I didn't have tcpdump running until after=0A=
 I saw it was not progressing after healing.=0A=
--> There is one difference. There was a 6minute timeout=0A=
       enabled on the server krpc for "no activity", which is=0A=
       now disabled like it is for NFSv4.1 in freebsd-current.=0A=
       I had forgotten to re-disable it.=0A=
So, when it does battle, it might have been the 6minute=0A=
timeout, which would then do the soshutdown(..SHUT_WR)=0A=
which kept it from getting "stuck" forever.=0A=
-->This time I had to reboot the FreeBSD NFS server to=0A=
     get the Linux client unstuck, so this one looked a lot=0A=
     like what has been reported.=0A=
The pcap for this one, started after the network was plugged=0A=
back in and I noticed it was stuck for quite a while is here:=0A=
fetch https://people.freebsd.org/~rmacklem/stuck.pcap=0A=
=0A=
In it, there is just a bunch of RST followed by SYN sent=0A=
from client->FreeBSD and FreeBSD just keeps sending=0A=
acks for the old segment back.=0A=
--> It looks like FreeBSD did the "RST, ACK" after the=0A=
       krpc did a soshutdown(..SHUT_WR) on the socket,=0A=
       for the one you've been looking at.=0A=
I'll test some more...=0A=
=0A=
>I would like to understand why the reestablishment of the connection=0A=
>did not work...=0A=
It is looking like it takes either a non-empty send-q or a=0A=
soshutdown(..SHUT_WR) to get the FreeBSD socket=0A=
out of established, where it just ignores the RSTs and=0A=
SYN packets.=0A=
=0A=
Thanks for looking at it, rick=0A=
=0A=
Best regards=0A=
Michael=0A=
>=0A=
> Have fun with it, rick=0A=
>=0A=
>=0A=
> ________________________________________=0A=
> From: tuexen@freebsd.org <tuexen@freebsd.org>=0A=
> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2021 12:41 PM=0A=
> To: Rick Macklem=0A=
> Cc: Scheffenegger, Richard; Youssef GHORBAL; freebsd-net@freebsd.org=0A=
> Subject: Re: NFS Mount Hangs=0A=
>=0A=
> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph. =
Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and =
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uoguelph.ca=0A=
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>> On 4. Apr 2021, at 17:27, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote:=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Well, I'm going to cheat and top post, since this is elated info. and=0A=
>> not really part of the discussion...=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I've been testing network partitioning between a Linux client (5.2 kerne=
l)=0A=
>> and a FreeBSD-current NFS server. I have not gotten a solid hang, but=0A=
>> I have had the Linux client doing "battle" with the FreeBSD server for=
=0A=
>> several minutes after un-partitioning the connection.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> The battle basically consists of the Linux client sending an RST, follow=
ed=0A=
>> by a SYN.=0A=
>> The FreeBSD server ignores the RST and just replies with the same old ac=
k.=0A=
>> --> This varies from "just a SYN" that succeeds to 100+ cycles of the ab=
ove=0A=
>>      over several minutes.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I had thought that an RST was a "pretty heavy hammer", but FreeBSD seems=
=0A=
>> pretty good at ignoring it.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> A full packet capture of one of these is in /home/rmacklem/linuxtofreenf=
s.pcap=0A=
>> in case anyone wants to look at it.=0A=
> On freefall? I would like to take a look at it...=0A=
>=0A=
> Best regards=0A=
> Michael=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Here's a tcpdump snippet of the interesting part (see the *** comments):=
=0A=
>> 19:10:09.305775 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [P.], seq 202585:202749, ack 212293, win 29128, options [nop,=
nop,TS val 2073636037 ecr 2671204825], length 164: NFS reply xid 613153685 =
reply ok 160 getattr NON 4 ids 0/33554432 sz 0=0A=
>> 19:10:09.305850 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [.], ack 202749, win 501, options [nop,nop,TS val 2671204825 =
ecr 2073636037], length 0=0A=
>> *** Network is now partitioned...=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:10:09.407840 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [P.], seq 212293:212525, ack 202749, win 501, options [nop,no=
p,TS val 2671204927 ecr 2073636037], length 232: NFS request xid 629930901 =
228 getattr fh 0,1/53=0A=
>> 19:10:09.615779 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [P.], seq 212293:212525, ack 202749, win 501, options [nop,no=
p,TS val 2671205135 ecr 2073636037], length 232: NFS request xid 629930901 =
228 getattr fh 0,1/53=0A=
>> 19:10:09.823780 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [P.], seq 212293:212525, ack 202749, win 501, options [nop,no=
p,TS val 2671205343 ecr 2073636037], length 232: NFS request xid 629930901 =
228 getattr fh 0,1/53=0A=
>> *** Lots of lines snipped.=0A=
>>=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:13:41.295783 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell nfsv4-lin=
ux.home.rick, length 28=0A=
>> 19:13:42.319767 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell nfsv4-lin=
ux.home.rick, length 28=0A=
>> 19:13:46.351966 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell nfsv4-lin=
ux.home.rick, length 28=0A=
>> 19:13:47.375790 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell nfsv4-lin=
ux.home.rick, length 28=0A=
>> 19:13:48.399786 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell nfsv4-lin=
ux.home.rick, length 28=0A=
>> *** Network is now unpartitioned...=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:13:48.399990 ARP, Reply nfsv4-new3.home.rick is-at d4:be:d9:07:81:72 =
(oui Unknown), length 46=0A=
>> 19:13:48.400002 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [S], seq 416692300, win 64240, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS va=
l 2671421871 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0=0A=
>> 19:13:48.400185 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [.], ack 212293, win 29127, options [nop,nop,TS val 207385513=
7 ecr 2671204825], length 0=0A=
>> 19:13:48.400273 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [R], seq 964161458, win 0, length 0=0A=
>> 19:13:49.423833 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [S], seq 416692300, win 64240, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS va=
l 2671424943 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0=0A=
>> 19:13:49.424056 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [.], ack 212293, win 29127, options [nop,nop,TS val 207385616=
1 ecr 2671204825], length 0=0A=
>> *** This "battle" goes on for 223sec...=0A=
>>   I snipped out 13 cycles of this "Linux sends an RST, followed by SYN"=
=0A=
>>   "FreeBSD replies with same old ACK". In another test run I saw this=0A=
>>   cycle continue non-stop for several minutes. This time, the Linux=0A=
>>   client paused for a while (see ARPs below).=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:13:49.424101 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [R], seq 964161458, win 0, length 0=0A=
>> 19:13:53.455867 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [S], seq 416692300, win 64240, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS va=
l 2671428975 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0=0A=
>> 19:13:53.455991 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [.], ack 212293, win 29127, options [nop,nop,TS val 207386019=
3 ecr 2671204825], length 0=0A=
>> *** Snipped a bunch of stuff out, mostly ARPs, plus one more RST.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:16:57.775780 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell nfsv4-lin=
ux.home.rick, length 28=0A=
>> 19:16:57.775937 ARP, Reply nfsv4-new3.home.rick is-at d4:be:d9:07:81:72 =
(oui Unknown), length 46=0A=
>> 19:16:57.980240 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell 192.168.1=
.254, length 46=0A=
>> 19:16:58.555663 ARP, Request who-has nfsv4-new3.home.rick tell 192.168.1=
.254, length 46=0A=
>> 19:17:00.104701 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [F.], seq 202749, ack 212293, win 29128, options [nop,nop,TS =
val 2074046846 ecr 2671204825], length 0=0A=
>> 19:17:15.664354 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [F.], seq 202749, ack 212293, win 29128, options [nop,nop,TS =
val 2074062406 ecr 2671204825], length 0=0A=
>> 19:17:31.239246 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [R.], seq 202750, ack 212293, win 0, options [nop,nop,TS val =
2074077981 ecr 2671204825], length 0=0A=
>> *** FreeBSD finally acknowledges the RST 38sec after Linux sent the last=
=0A=
>>   of 13 (100+ for another test run).=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:17:51.535979 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [S], seq 4247692373, win 64240, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS v=
al 2671667055 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536130 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [S.], seq 661237469, ack 4247692374, win 65535, options [mss =
1460,nop,wscale 6,sackOK,TS val 2074098278 ecr 2671667055], length 0=0A=
>> *** Now back in business...=0A=
>>=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536218 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [.], ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 2671667055 ecr 2=
074098278], length 0=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536295 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [P.], seq 1:233, ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 2671=
667056 ecr 2074098278], length 232: NFS request xid 629930901 228 getattr f=
h 0,1/53=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536346 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [P.], seq 233:505, ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 26=
71667056 ecr 2074098278], length 272: NFS request xid 697039765 132 getattr=
 fh 0,1/53=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536515 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [.], ack 505, win 29128, options [nop,nop,TS val 2074098279 e=
cr 2671667056], length 0=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536553 IP nfsv4-linux.home.rick.apex-mesh > nfsv4-new3.home.ric=
k.nfsd: Flags [P.], seq 505:641, ack 1, win 502, options [nop,nop,TS val 26=
71667056 ecr 2074098279], length 136: NFS request xid 730594197 132 getattr=
 fh 0,1/53=0A=
>> 19:17:51.536562 IP nfsv4-new3.home.rick.nfsd > nfsv4-linux.home.rick.ape=
x-mesh: Flags [P.], seq 1:49, ack 505, win 29128, options [nop,nop,TS val 2=
074098279 ecr 2671667056], length 48: NFS reply xid 697039765 reply ok 44 g=
etattr ERROR: unk 10063=0A=
>>=0A=
>> This error 10063 after the partition heals is also "bad news". It indica=
tes the Session=0A=
>> (which is supposed to maintain "exactly once" RPC semantics is broken). =
I'll admit I=0A=
>> suspect a Linux client bug, but will be investigating further.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> So, hopefully TCP conversant folk can confirm if the above is correct be=
haviour=0A=
>> or if the RST should be ack'd sooner?=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I could also see this becoming a "forever" TCP battle for other versions=
 of Linux client.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> rick=0A=
>>=0A=
>>=0A=
>> ________________________________________=0A=
>> From: Scheffenegger, Richard <Richard.Scheffenegger@netapp.com>=0A=
>> Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2021 7:50 AM=0A=
>> To: Rick Macklem; tuexen@freebsd.org=0A=
>> Cc: Youssef GHORBAL; freebsd-net@freebsd.org=0A=
>> Subject: Re: NFS Mount Hangs=0A=
>>=0A=
>> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph.=
 Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and=
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@uoguelph.ca=0A=
>>=0A=
>>=0A=
>> For what it=91s worth, suse found two bugs in the linux nfconntrack (sta=
teful firewall), and pfifo-fast scheduler, which could conspire to make tcp=
 sessions hang forever.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> One is a missed updaten when the c=F6ient is not using the noresvport mo=
int option, which makes tje firewall think rsts are illegal (and drop them)=
;=0A=
>>=0A=
>> The fast scheduler can run into an issue if only a single packet should =
be forwarded (note that this is not the default scheduler, but often recomm=
ended for perf, as it runs lockless and lower cpu cost that pfq (default). =
If no other/additional packet pushes out that last packet of a flow, it can=
 become stuck forever...=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I can try getting the relevant bug info next week...=0A=
>>=0A=
>> ________________________________=0A=
>> Von: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org <owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org> im Au=
ftrag von Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>=0A=
>> Gesendet: Friday, April 2, 2021 11:31:01 PM=0A=
>> An: tuexen@freebsd.org <tuexen@freebsd.org>=0A=
>> Cc: Youssef GHORBAL <youssef.ghorbal@pasteur.fr>; freebsd-net@freebsd.or=
g <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>=0A=
>> Betreff: Re: NFS Mount Hangs=0A=
>>=0A=
>> NetApp Security WARNING: This is an external email. Do not click links o=
r open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is =
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>>=0A=
>>=0A=
>>=0A=
>>=0A=
>> tuexen@freebsd.org wrote:=0A=
>>>> On 2. Apr 2021, at 02:07, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> wrote:=
=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> I hope you don't mind a top post...=0A=
>>>> I've been testing network partitioning between the only Linux client=
=0A=
>>>> I have (5.2 kernel) and a FreeBSD server with the xprtdied.patch=0A=
>>>> (does soshutdown(..SHUT_WR) when it knows the socket is broken)=0A=
>>>> applied to it.=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> I'm not enough of a TCP guy to know if this is useful, but here's what=
=0A=
>>>> I see...=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> While partitioned:=0A=
>>>> On the FreeBSD server end, the socket either goes to CLOSED during=0A=
>>>> the network partition or stays ESTABLISHED.=0A=
>>> If it goes to CLOSED you called shutdown(, SHUT_WR) and the peer also=
=0A=
>>> sent a FIN, but you never called close() on the socket.=0A=
>>> If the socket stays in ESTABLISHED, there is no communication ongoing,=
=0A=
>>> I guess, and therefore the server does not even detect that the peer=0A=
>>> is not reachable.=0A=
>>>> On the Linux end, the socket seems to remain ESTABLISHED for a=0A=
>>>> little while, and then disappears.=0A=
>>> So how does Linux detect the peer is not reachable?=0A=
>> Well, here's what I see in a packet capture in the Linux client once=0A=
>> I partition it (just unplug the net cable):=0A=
>> - lots of retransmits of the same segment (with ACK) for 54sec=0A=
>> - then only ARP queries=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Once I plug the net cable back in:=0A=
>> - ARP works=0A=
>> - one more retransmit of the same segement=0A=
>> - receives RST from FreeBSD=0A=
>> ** So, is this now a "new" TCP connection, despite=0A=
>>   using the same port#.=0A=
>>   --> It matters for NFS, since "new connection"=0A=
>>          implies "must retry all outstanding RPCs".=0A=
>> - sends SYN=0A=
>> - receives SYN, ACK from FreeBSD=0A=
>> --> connection starts working again=0A=
>> Always uses same port#.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> On the FreeBSD server end:=0A=
>> - receives the last retransmit of the segment (with ACK)=0A=
>> - sends RST=0A=
>> - receives SYN=0A=
>> - sends SYN, ACK=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I thought that there was no RST in the capture I looked at=0A=
>> yesterday, so I'm not sure if FreeBSD always sends an RST,=0A=
>> but the Linux client behaviour was the same. (Sent a SYN, etc).=0A=
>> The socket disappears from the Linux "netstat -a" and I=0A=
>> suspect that happens after about 54sec, but I am not sure=0A=
>> about the timing.=0A=
>>=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> After unpartitioning:=0A=
>>>> On the FreeBSD server end, you get another socket showing up at=0A=
>>>> the same port#=0A=
>>>> Active Internet connections (including servers)=0A=
>>>> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address          Foreign Address        (sta=
te)=0A=
>>>> tcp4       0      0 nfsv4-new3.nfsd        nfsv4-linux.678        ESTA=
BLISHED=0A=
>>>> tcp4       0      0 nfsv4-new3.nfsd        nfsv4-linux.678        CLOS=
ED=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> The Linux client shows the same connection ESTABLISHED.=0A=
>> But disappears from "netstat -a" for a while during the partitioning.=0A=
>>=0A=
>>>> (The mount sometimes reports an error. I haven't looked at packet=0A=
>>>> traces to see if it retries RPCs or why the errors occur.)=0A=
>> I have now done so, as above.=0A=
>>=0A=
>>>> --> However I never get hangs.=0A=
>>>> Sometimes it goes to SYN_SENT for a while and the FreeBSD server=0A=
>>>> shows FIN_WAIT_1, but then both ends go to ESTABLISHED and the=0A=
>>>> mount starts working again.=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> The most obvious thing is that the Linux client always keeps using=0A=
>>>> the same port#. (The FreeBSD client will use a different port# when=0A=
>>>> it does a TCP reconnect after no response from the NFS server for=0A=
>>>> a little while.)=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> What do those TCP conversant think?=0A=
>>> I guess you are you are never calling close() on the socket, for with=
=0A=
>>> the connection state is CLOSED.=0A=
>> Ok, that makes sense. For this case the Linux client has not done a=0A=
>> BindConnectionToSession to re-assign the back channel.=0A=
>> I'll have to bug them about this. However, I'll bet they'll answer=0A=
>> that I have to tell them the back channel needs re-assignment=0A=
>> or something like that.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> I am pretty certain they are broken, in that the client needs to=0A=
>> retry all outstanding RPCs.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> For others, here's the long winded version of this that I just=0A=
>> put on the phabricator review:=0A=
>> In the server side kernel RPC, the socket (struct socket *) is in a=0A=
>> structure called SVCXPRT (normally pointed to by "xprt").=0A=
>> These structures a ref counted and the soclose() is done=0A=
>> when the ref. cnt goes to zero. My understanding is that=0A=
>> "struct socket *" is free'd by soclose() so this cannot be done=0A=
>> before the xprt ref. cnt goes to zero.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> For NFSv4.1/4.2 there is something called a back channel=0A=
>> which means that a "xprt" is used for server->client RPCs,=0A=
>> although the TCP connection is established by the client=0A=
>> to the server.=0A=
>> --> This back channel holds a ref cnt on "xprt" until the=0A=
>>=0A=
>>    client re-assigns it to a different TCP connection=0A=
>>    via an operation called BindConnectionToSession=0A=
>>    and the Linux client is not doing this soon enough,=0A=
>>   it appears.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> So, the soclose() is delayed, which is why I think the=0A=
>> TCP connection gets stuck in CLOSE_WAIT and that is=0A=
>> why I've added the soshutdown(..SHUT_WR) calls,=0A=
>> which can happen before the client gets around to=0A=
>> re-assigning the back channel.=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Thanks for your help with this Michael, rick=0A=
>>=0A=
>> Best regards=0A=
>> Michael=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> rick=0A=
>>> ps: I can capture packets while doing this, if anyone has a use=0A=
>>>    for them.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> ________________________________________=0A=
>>> From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org <owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org> on =
behalf of Youssef  GHORBAL <youssef.ghorbal@pasteur.fr>=0A=
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2021 6:57 PM=0A=
>>> To: Jason Breitman=0A=
>>> Cc: Rick Macklem; freebsd-net@freebsd.org=0A=
>>> Subject: Re: NFS Mount Hangs=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the University of Guelph=
. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender an=
d know the content is safe. If in doubt, forward suspicious emails to IThel=
p@uoguelph.ca=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> On 27 Mar 2021, at 13:20, Jason Breitman <jbreitman@tildenparkcapital.c=
om<mailto:jbreitman@tildenparkcapital.com>> wrote:=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> The issue happened again so we can say that disabling TSO and LRO on th=
e NIC did not resolve this issue.=0A=
>>> # ifconfig lagg0 -rxcsum -rxcsum6 -txcsum -txcsum6 -lro -tso -vlanhwtso=
=0A=
>>> # ifconfig lagg0=0A=
>>> lagg0: flags=3D8943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> met=
ric 0 mtu 1500=0A=
>>>      options=3D8100b8<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,VLA=
N_HWFILTER>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> We can also say that the sysctl settings did not resolve this issue.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> # sysctl net.inet.tcp.fast_finwait2_recycle=3D1=0A=
>>> net.inet.tcp.fast_finwait2_recycle: 0 -> 1=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> # sysctl net.inet.tcp.finwait2_timeout=3D1000=0A=
>>> net.inet.tcp.finwait2_timeout: 60000 -> 1000=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> I don=92t think those will do anything in your case since the FIN_WAIT2=
 are on the client side and those sysctls are for BSD.=0A=
>>> By the way it seems that Linux recycles automatically TCP sessions in F=
IN_WAIT2 after 60 seconds (sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout)=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> tcp_fin_timeout (integer; default: 60; since Linux 2.2)=0A=
>>>            This specifies how many seconds to wait for a final FIN=0A=
>>>            packet before the socket is forcibly closed.  This is=0A=
>>>            strictly a violation of the TCP specification, but=0A=
>>>            required to prevent denial-of-service attacks.  In Linux=0A=
>>>            2.2, the default value was 180.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> So I don=92t get why it stucks in the FIN_WAIT2 state anyway.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> You really need to have a packet capture during the outage (client and =
server side) so you=92ll get over the wire chat and start speculating from =
there.=0A=
>>> No need to capture the beginning of the outage for now. All you have to=
 do, is run a tcpdump for 10 minutes or so when you notice a client stuck.=
=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> * I have not rebooted the NFS Server nor have I restarted nfsd, but do =
not believe that is required as these settings are at the TCP level and I w=
ould expect new sessions to use the updated settings.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> The issue occurred after 5 days following a reboot of the client machin=
es.=0A=
>>> I ran the capture information again to make use of the situation.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> #!/bin/sh=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> while true=0A=
>>> do=0A=
>>> /bin/date >> /tmp/nfs-hang.log=0A=
>>> /bin/ps axHl | grep nfsd | grep -v grep >> /tmp/nfs-hang.log=0A=
>>> /usr/bin/procstat -kk 2947 >> /tmp/nfs-hang.log=0A=
>>> /usr/bin/procstat -kk 2944 >> /tmp/nfs-hang.log=0A=
>>> /bin/sleep 60=0A=
>>> done=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> On the NFS Server=0A=
>>> Active Internet connections (including servers)=0A=
>>> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address          Foreign Address        (stat=
e)=0A=
>>> tcp4       0      0 NFS.Server.IP.X.2049      NFS.Client.IP.X.48286    =
 CLOSE_WAIT=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> On the NFS Client=0A=
>>> tcp        0      0 NFS.Client.IP.X:48286      NFS.Server.IP.X:2049    =
   FIN_WAIT2=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> You had also asked for the output below.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> # nfsstat -E -s=0A=
>>> BackChannelCtBindConnToSes=0A=
>>>          0            0=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> # sysctl vfs.nfsd.request_space_throttle_count=0A=
>>> vfs.nfsd.request_space_throttle_count: 0=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> I see that you are testing a patch and I look forward to seeing the res=
ults.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> Jason Breitman=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> On Mar 21, 2021, at 6:21 PM, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca<mailto:=
rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>> wrote:=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> Youssef GHORBAL <youssef.ghorbal@pasteur.fr<mailto:youssef.ghorbal@past=
eur.fr>> wrote:=0A=
>>>> Hi Jason,=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>>> On 17 Mar 2021, at 18:17, Jason Breitman <jbreitman@tildenparkcapital=
.com<mailto:jbreitman@tildenparkcapital.com>> wrote:=0A=
>>>>>=0A=
>>>>> Please review the details below and let me know if there is a setting=
 that I should apply to my FreeBSD NFS Server or if there is a bug fix that=
 I can apply to resolve my issue.=0A=
>>>>> I shared this information with the linux-nfs mailing list and they be=
lieve the issue is on the server side.=0A=
>>>>>=0A=
>>>>> Issue=0A=
>>>>> NFSv4 mounts periodically hang on the NFS Client.=0A=
>>>>>=0A=
>>>>> During this time, it is possible to manually mount from another NFS S=
erver on the NFS Client having issues.=0A=
>>>>> Also, other NFS Clients are successfully mounting from the NFS Server=
 in question.=0A=
>>>>> Rebooting the NFS Client appears to be the only solution.=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> I had experienced a similar weird situation with periodically stuck Li=
nux NFS clients >mounting Isilon NFS servers (Isilon is FreeBSD based but t=
hey seem to have there >own nfsd)=0A=
>>> Yes, my understanding is that Isilon uses a proprietary user space nfsd=
 and=0A=
>>> not the kernel based RPC and nfsd in FreeBSD.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>> We=92ve had better luck and we did manage to have packet captures on b=
oth sides >during the issue. The gist of it goes like follows:=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> - Data flows correctly between SERVER and the CLIENT=0A=
>>>> - At some point SERVER starts decreasing it's TCP Receive Window until=
 it reachs 0=0A=
>>>> - The client (eager to send data) can only ack data sent by SERVER.=0A=
>>>> - When SERVER was done sending data, the client starts sending TCP Win=
dow >Probes hoping that the TCP Window opens again so he can flush its buff=
ers.=0A=
>>>> - SERVER responds with a TCP Zero Window to those probes.=0A=
>>> Having the window size drop to zero is not necessarily incorrect.=0A=
>>> If the server is overloaded (has a backlog of NFS requests), it can sto=
p doing=0A=
>>> soreceive() on the socket (so the socket rcv buffer can fill up and the=
 TCP window=0A=
>>> closes). This results in "backpressure" to stop the NFS client from flo=
oding the=0A=
>>> NFS server with requests.=0A=
>>> --> However, once the backlog is handled, the nfsd should start to sore=
ceive()=0A=
>>> again and this shouls cause the window to open back up.=0A=
>>> --> Maybe this is broken in the socket/TCP code. I quickly got lost in=
=0A=
>>> tcp_output() when it decides what to do about the rcvwin.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>> - After 6 minutes (the NFS server default Idle timeout) SERVER raceful=
ly closes the >TCP connection sending a FIN Packet (and still a TCP Window =
0)=0A=
>>> This probably does not happen for Jason's case, since the 6minute timeo=
ut=0A=
>>> is disabled when the TCP connection is assigned as a backchannel (most =
likely=0A=
>>> the case for NFSv4.1).=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>>> - CLIENT ACK that FIN.=0A=
>>>> - SERVER goes in FIN_WAIT_2 state=0A=
>>>> - CLIENT closes its half part part of the socket and goes in LAST_ACK =
state.=0A=
>>>> - FIN is never sent by the client since there still data in its SendQ =
and receiver TCP >Window is still 0. At this stage the client starts sendin=
g TCP Window Probes again >and again hoping that the server opens its TCP W=
indow so it can flush it's buffers >and terminate its side of the socket.=
=0A=
>>>> - SERVER keeps responding with a TCP Zero Window to those probes.=0A=
>>>> =3D> The last two steps goes on and on for hours/days freezing the NFS=
 mount bound >to that TCP session.=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> If we had a situation where CLIENT was responsible for closing the TCP=
 Window (and >initiating the TCP FIN first) and server wanting to send data=
 we=92ll end up in the same >state as you I think.=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> We=92ve never had the root cause of why the SERVER decided to close th=
e TCP >Window and no more acccept data, the fix on the Isilon part was to r=
ecycle more >aggressively the FIN_WAIT_2 sockets (net.inet.tcp.fast_finwait=
2_recycle=3D1 & >net.inet.tcp.finwait2_timeout=3D5000). Once the socket rec=
ycled and at the next >occurence of CLIENT TCP Window probe, SERVER sends a=
 RST, triggering the >teardown of the session on the client side, a new TCP=
 handchake, etc and traffic >flows again (NFS starts responding)=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> To avoid rebooting the client (and before the aggressive FIN_WAIT_2 wa=
s >implemented on the Isilon side) we=92ve added a check script on the clie=
nt that detects >LAST_ACK sockets on the client and through iptables rule e=
nforces a TCP RST, >Something like: -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d $nfs_server_addr --=
sport $local_port -j REJECT >--reject-with tcp-reset (the script removes th=
is iptables rule as soon as the LAST_ACK >disappears)=0A=
>>>>=0A=
>>>> The bottom line would be to have a packet capture during the outage (c=
lient and/or >server side), it will show you at least the shape of the TCP =
exchange when NFS is >stuck.=0A=
>>> Interesting story and good work w.r.t. sluething, Youssef, thanks.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> I looked at Jason's log and it shows everything is ok w.r.t the nfsd th=
reads.=0A=
>>> (They're just waiting for RPC requests.)=0A=
>>> However, I do now think I know why the soclose() does not happen.=0A=
>>> When the TCP connection is assigned as a backchannel, that takes a refe=
rence=0A=
>>> cnt on the structure. This refcnt won't be released until the connectio=
n is=0A=
>>> replaced by a BindConnectiotoSession operation from the client. But tha=
t won't=0A=
>>> happen until the client creates a new TCP connection.=0A=
>>> --> No refcnt release-->no refcnt of 0-->no soclose().=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> I've created the attached patch (completely different from the previous=
 one)=0A=
>>> that adds soshutdown(SHUT_WR) calls in the three places where the TCP=
=0A=
>>> connection is going away. This seems to get it past CLOSE_WAIT without =
a=0A=
>>> soclose().=0A=
>>> --> I know you are not comfortable with patching your server, but I do =
think=0A=
>>> this change will get the socket shutdown to complete.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> There are a couple more things you can check on the server...=0A=
>>> # nfsstat -E -s=0A=
>>> --> Look for the count under "BindConnToSes".=0A=
>>> --> If non-zero, backchannels have been assigned=0A=
>>> # sysctl -a | fgrep request_space_throttle_count=0A=
>>> --> If non-zero, the server has been overloaded at some point.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> I think the attached patch might work around the problem.=0A=
>>> The code that should open up the receive window needs to be checked.=0A=
>>> I am also looking at enabling the 6minute timeout when a backchannel is=
=0A=
>>> assigned.=0A=
>>>=0A=
>>> rick=0A=
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