Note that netfslib provides some tracepoints that you can use to try and illuminate what's going on there. echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/netfs/netfs_read/enable echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/netfs/netfs_rreq/enable echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/netfs/netfs_sreq/enable echo 1 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/netfs/netfs_failure/enable for starters. David