Hey Steve, updating nfs-utils did the trick! thanks flip Steve Dickson schrieb: > > Philipp Wehrheim wrote: >> Hey, >> >> im trying to get fscache to work for a nfs share >> but for some reasons fscache is not active and the cache-dir >> is not beeing used. >> >> This is what I did so far: >> >> fetch the git tree, reset to fscache-commit version (44) and apply patches. >> Linux NFS-Cache 2.6.29-rc1-00534-g7cb36b6-dirty #1 SMP Mon Feb 2 14:42:32 CET 2009 i686 QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1 GenuineIntel >> >> >> I compiled the nfs-utils by miself and tryed the once provided via rpm >> >> mount.nfs (linux nfs-utils 1.0.9) (from rpm) >> mount.nfs (linux nfs-utils 1.0.11) (from src) > A little old but should work... nfs-utils 1.1.x release _may_ work > a bit better... > >> build cachefilesd (ver. 0.9) > This is good but there is the rpm/src I've been using is at: > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=81367 > >> mount: >> /dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,user_xattr) >> 1.2.3.4:/hdisk3 on /mnt/nfs type nfs (rw,bg,intr,soft,fsc,nolock,tcp,addr=1.2.3.4) >> ^^^ > Yes... this is key... you know that the mount flag it taking effect. > Note: Not that it has anything to do this but... mount things with 'soft' > in not a good idea > >> /dev/loop0 on /var/fscache type ext3 (rw,loop=/dev/loop1,user_xattr) > having 'user_xattr' set on the ext3 filesystem is another key thing... > >> when cachefsd is started: >> >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4448]: About to bind cache >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache FS-Cache: Cache "mycache" added (type cachefiles) >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache CacheFiles: File cache on loop1 registered >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4448]: Bound cache >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: Daemon Started >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: --> build_cull_table({}) >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: dir_read_complete: u=2 e=0 >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: Scan complete >> Feb 3 11:27:51 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: <-- build_cull_table({}) >> Feb 3 11:28:21 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: Refilling cull table >> Feb 3 11:28:21 NFS-Cache cachefilesd[4449]: --> build_cull_table({}) > Looks reasonable... the daemon is finding the cache. > > >> So to me it looks like FSC is not used even through the mount option >> is shown (by the mount cmd). >> >> Can somebody give me a hint how to track this problem. > So how are testing.... I basically mount the file system, > read in a file that 600mg to 1 gig file, unmount the filesystem > and then reread the file.... watching to see if there is any > network activity > > Another good way to monitor things is with: > > watch -n0 /proc/fs/fscache/stats > > as also use 'df -h /var/fscahe' to see if the > file system increase in size... > > steved. > -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs
