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SubjectRe: 2.6.xx: NFS: directory motion/cam2 contains a readdir loop


On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Trond Myklebust wrote:

> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 16:54 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
>> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 16:37 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 15:47 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 03:44:20PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 03:35:01PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>>>>>>> Currently I do not see any dupes, however I have a script that moves
>>>>>>> images out of the directory once an hour:
>>>>>>> 0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/move_to_old2.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you keep adding files to the directory while you move files out?
>>>>> Yes, otherwise there are too many files in the directory and viewers, e.g.,
>>>>> each geeqie (picture viewer) will use > 4-6GB of memory, so I try to keep
>>>>> it around 5,000 pictures or less.
>>>>>
>>>>>> What's the rate of additions/removals to the directory?
>>>>> Additions it depends, around 5,000 over a 12hr period, 416/hr, current:
>>>>>
>>>>> atom:/d1/motion# find cam1|wc
>>>>> 5215 5215 166853
>>>>> atom:/d1/motion# find cam2|wc
>>>>> 5069 5069 162181
>>>>> atom:/d1/motion# find cam3|wc
>>>>> 5594 5594 178981
>>>>> atom:/d1/motion#
>>>>
>>>> This sounds a lot like xfs simply filling up the directory index slots
>>>> of files that you just moved out with new files, and nfs falsely
>>>> claiming that this is a problem.
>>>
>>> Yep. There is an existing bugzilla report for this bug at
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38572
>>>
>>> I have a preliminary patch there that attempts to turn off the loop
>>> detection when the directory is seen to change, however that patch still
>>> appears to have a bug in it, and I haven't had time to figure out what
>>> is wrong yet.
>>>
>>> Can you perhaps take a look, Bryan?
>>
>> Actually, Justin, can you test the following slight variant on the patch
>> in the bugzilla?
>
> Doh! This one will actually compile....

Hi,

Should I try 3.0 first or retry 2.6.38 w/ this patch?

Justin.



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