On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 12:39 PM Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Minor updates (pointed out by Paulo) to patch. See attached. I can't comment on the updates between the two versions of the patch, but I can confirm that the second patch also works as expected to resolve this issue on my system. -Brian > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 8:21 AM Brian Pardy <brian.pardy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 1:36 AM Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Does the attached patch help in your case? It avoids starting the > > > laundromat thread for IPC shares (which cuts the number of the threads > > > in half for many cases) and also avoids starting them if the server > > > does not support directory leases (e.g. if Samba server instead of > > > Windows server). > > > > Hello, > > > > I applied the 0001-smb3-do-not-start-laundromat-thread-when-dir-leases-.patch > > you provided against the 6.5.3 kernel. > > > > I can confirm that it resolves this issue - no laundromat threads are > > created, and the reported load average is as expected, not falsely > > high. > > > > This appears to fully fix the issue in my case. Thank you very much! > > > > > On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 10:00 PM Steve French <smfrench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Paulo and I were discussing the laundromat thread at the SMB3.1.1 test > > > > event (at SDC this week) which is now going on - will let you know > > > > what we find. > > > > > > > > One obvious thing is that it probably isn't necessary for cases when > > > > the server does not support directory leases, but we noticed another > > > > problem as well. > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Steve
