Hi Brian, On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:14:46 +1000 Brian May <brian@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am having (weird) issues with XFS, in that open(...) on certain files > takes 45 seconds to return. After the file has been opened, the next > file in the same directory takes 45 seconds. If the file was recently > opened it returns immediately. > > I thought this was a low level I/O issue, so copied the files in > question to a completely independent RAID array (separate LVM, RAID, > controllers, disks), but the problem remains. > > I raised the issue on the XFS mailing list and was told the problem was > the the lease breaking code in VFS[2], and that I should contact this > mailing list. So, it would seem some other process has taken write leases on your files but does not release them in a timely manner. You can see the current leases in /proc/locks. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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