Carlos André wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Thanks for patch and sorry for delay (i'm expecting receive u reply on > bug track, not here) :) > > But, this patch doesnt worked to me like expected... :( > > > Firstly I've changed "#MOUNT_WAIT=-1" to "MOUNT_WAIT=10" > and later changed "10" to "2" with same results... > (always restarting service, of course :) > > Then, tried remove "sec=krb5p", and later removed "nfs4" but i got > same results again. > > Or i'm doing something wrong? > > > [root@KSTATION areas]# automount -V > > Linux automount version 5.0.1-0.rc2.131.bz517349.1 > [...] > > [root@KSTATION areas]# time ls -la testdown > ls: testedown: No such file or directory > > real 3m9.006s > user 0m0.002s > sys 0m0.000s OK, that isn't behaving the way I expect, I'll have a look. > > > LOGGING: > ----------------------------------------- > Aug 24 09:23:51 KSTATION automount[20803]: mount_mount: mount(nfs): > calling mount -t nfs4 -s -o rw,acl,sec=krb5p 1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown > /misc/areas/testdown > Aug 24 09:27:00 KSTATION automount[20803]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount > failure 1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown on /misc/areas/testdown > Aug 24 09:27:00 KSTATION automount[20803]: ioctl_send_fail: token = 91 > Aug 24 09:27:00 KSTATION automount[20803]: failed to mount /misc/areas/testdown > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > 2009/8/17 Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 12:18 -0300, Carlos André wrote: >>> Filled bug report: >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517349 >> Hi Carlos, >> >> I have a patched source rpm to add a mount wait parameter to autofs >> located at: >> http://people.redhat.com/~ikent/autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.131.bz517349.1 >> >> Could you build it and see if it works. >> I haven't tested it at all but it is fairly straight forward. >> It is still unclear if this is the right way to do this and what the >> consequences are in sending a term signal to mount. This mount request >> will likely be followed by other requests for the same mount causing an >> accumulation of mount(8) processes waiting for RPC timeouts before they >> can answer the TERM signal. >> >> Anyway, for information the patch included in the source rpm above is: >> >> autofs-5.0.4 - add mount wait parameter >> >> From: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Often delays when trying to mount from a server that is not reponding >> for some reason are undesirable. To try and prevent these delays we >> provide a configuration setting to limit the time that we wait for >> our spawned mount(8) process to complete before sending it a SIGTERM >> signal. This patch adds a configuration parameter to allow us to >> request we limit the time we wait for mount(8) to complete before >> send it a TERM signal. >> --- >> >> daemon/spawn.c | 3 ++- >> include/defaults.h | 2 ++ >> lib/defaults.c | 13 +++++++++++++ >> man/auto.master.5.in | 7 +++++++ >> redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in | 9 +++++++++ >> samples/autofs.conf.default.in | 9 +++++++++ >> 6 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> >> --- autofs-5.0.1.orig/daemon/spawn.c >> +++ autofs-5.0.1/daemon/spawn.c >> @@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ int spawn_mount(unsigned logopt, ...) >> unsigned int options; >> unsigned int retries = MTAB_LOCK_RETRIES; >> int update_mtab = 1, ret, printed = 0; >> + unsigned int wait = defaults_get_mount_wait(); >> char buf[PATH_MAX]; >> >> /* If we use mount locking we can't validate the location */ >> @@ -353,7 +354,7 @@ int spawn_mount(unsigned logopt, ...) >> va_end(arg); >> >> while (retries--) { >> - ret = do_spawn(logopt, -1, options, prog, (const char **) argv); >> + ret = do_spawn(logopt, wait, options, prog, (const char **) argv); >> if (ret & MTAB_NOTUPDATED) { >> struct timespec tm = {3, 0}; >> >> --- autofs-5.0.1.orig/include/defaults.h >> +++ autofs-5.0.1/include/defaults.h >> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ >> >> #define DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 600 >> #define DEFAULT_NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT 60 >> +#define DEFAULT_MOUNT_WAIT -1 >> #define DEFAULT_UMOUNT_WAIT 12 >> #define DEFAULT_BROWSE_MODE 1 >> #define DEFAULT_LOGGING 0 >> @@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ struct ldap_schema *defaults_get_schema( >> struct ldap_searchdn *defaults_get_searchdns(void); >> void defaults_free_searchdns(struct ldap_searchdn *); >> unsigned int defaults_get_append_options(void); >> +unsigned int defaults_get_mount_wait(void); >> unsigned int defaults_get_umount_wait(void); >> const char *defaults_get_auth_conf_file(void); >> unsigned int defaults_get_map_hash_table_size(void); >> --- autofs-5.0.1.orig/lib/defaults.c >> +++ autofs-5.0.1/lib/defaults.c >> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ >> #define ENV_NAME_VALUE_ATTR "VALUE_ATTRIBUTE" >> >> #define ENV_APPEND_OPTIONS "APPEND_OPTIONS" >> +#define ENV_MOUNT_WAIT "MOUNT_WAIT" >> #define ENV_UMOUNT_WAIT "UMOUNT_WAIT" >> #define ENV_AUTH_CONF_FILE "AUTH_CONF_FILE" >> >> @@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ unsigned int defaults_read_config(unsign >> check_set_config_value(key, ENV_NAME_ENTRY_ATTR, value, to_syslog) || >> check_set_config_value(key, ENV_NAME_VALUE_ATTR, value, to_syslog) || >> check_set_config_value(key, ENV_APPEND_OPTIONS, value, to_syslog) || >> + check_set_config_value(key, ENV_MOUNT_WAIT, value, to_syslog) || >> check_set_config_value(key, ENV_UMOUNT_WAIT, value, to_syslog) || >> check_set_config_value(key, ENV_AUTH_CONF_FILE, value, to_syslog) || >> check_set_config_value(key, ENV_MAP_HASH_TABLE_SIZE, value, to_syslog)) >> @@ -652,6 +654,17 @@ unsigned int defaults_get_append_options >> return res; >> } >> >> +unsigned int defaults_get_mount_wait(void) >> +{ >> + long wait; >> + >> + wait = get_env_number(ENV_MOUNT_WAIT); >> + if (wait < 0) >> + wait = DEFAULT_MOUNT_WAIT; >> + >> + return (unsigned int) wait; >> +} >> + >> unsigned int defaults_get_umount_wait(void) >> { >> long wait; >> --- autofs-5.0.1.orig/man/auto.master.5.in >> +++ autofs-5.0.1/man/auto.master.5.in >> @@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ Set the default timeout for caching fail >> 60). If the equivalent command line option is given it will override this >> setting. >> .TP >> +.B MOUNT_WAIT >> +Set the default time to wait for a response from a spawned mount(8) >> +before sending it a SIGTERM. Note that we still need to wait for the >> +RPC layer to timeout before the sub-process exits so this isn't ideal >> +but it is the best we can do. The default is to wait until mount(8) >> +returns without intervention. >> +.TP >> .B UMOUNT_WAIT >> Set the default time to wait for a response from a spawned umount(8) >> before sending it a SIGTERM. Note that we still need to wait for the >> --- autofs-5.0.1.orig/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in >> +++ autofs-5.0.1/redhat/autofs.sysconfig.in >> @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ TIMEOUT=300 >> # >> #NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT=60 >> # >> +# MOUNT_WAIT - time to wait for a response from umount(8). >> +# Setting this timeout can cause problems when >> +# mount would otherwise wait for a server that >> +# is temporarily unavailable, such as when it's >> +# restarting. The defailt of waiting for mount(8) >> +# usually results in a wait of around 3 minutes. >> +# >> +#MOUNT_WAIT=-1 >> +# >> # UMOUNT_WAIT - time to wait for a response from umount(8). >> # >> #UMOUNT_WAIT=12 >> --- autofs-5.0.1.orig/samples/autofs.conf.default.in >> +++ autofs-5.0.1/samples/autofs.conf.default.in >> @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ TIMEOUT=300 >> # >> #NEGATIVE_TIMEOUT=60 >> # >> +# MOUNT_WAIT - time to wait for a response from umount(8). >> +# Setting this timeout can cause problems when >> +# mount would otherwise wait for a server that >> +# is temporarily unavailable, such as when it's >> +# restarting. The defailt of waiting for mount(8) >> +# usually results in a wait of around 3 minutes. >> +# >> +#MOUNT_WAIT=-1 >> +# >> # UMOUNT_WAIT - time to wait for a response from umount(8). >> # >> #UMOUNT_WAIT=12 >> >> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> 2009/8/13 Carlos André <candrecn@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>> 2009/8/13 Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> Carlos André wrote: >>>>>> Today (2009-08-12) I'm using: >>>>>> kernel-2.6.18-128.2.1.el5 >>>>>> autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.102.el5_3.1 >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> My mistake, the wait time I was referring to is used for umounts during >>>>> expires and is present in rev rc2.102. >>>>> >>>>> It shouldn't be hard to add this for mount as well. >>>>> Would you like me to put something together? >>>> Sure! that 'll help me a lot (and for sure another ppl) :) Thanks :) >>>> >>>>> Probably would be good to test something out to see if we can make a >>>>> difference with the killing mount after some configured timeout but, if >>>>> we make progress, probably the best way to deal with it is for you to >>>>> log a bug against rhel-5 so I can get it committed to the rhel package. >>>>> The possible issue is that I'm not sure if the RPC subsystem in the >>>>> above rhel kernel will respond well to process death with potential >>>>> outstanding requests. But we'll see. >>>> Ok, on my way :) >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot! >>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Look my last test: >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> [root@KSTATION areas]# time ls testdown >>>>>> ls: testdown: No such file or directory >>>>>> >>>>>> real 3m9.025s >>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Aug 12 12:57:07 KSTATION automount[15471]: sun_mount: parse(sun): >>>>>> mounting root /misc/areas, mountpoint testdown, what >>>>>> 1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown, fstype nfs4, options >>>>>> acl,sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:57:07 KSTATION automount[15471]: do_mount: >>>>>> 1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown /misc/areas/testdown type nfs4 options >>>>>> acl,sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0 using module nfs4 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:57:07 KSTATION automount[15471]: mount_mount: mount(nfs): >>>>>> root=/misc/areas name=testdown what=1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown, >>>>>> fstype=nfs4, options=acl,sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:57:07 KSTATION automount[15471]: mount_mount: mount(nfs): >>>>>> nfs options="acl,sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0", nosymlink=0, ro=0 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:57:07 KSTATION automount[15471]: mount_mount: mount(nfs): >>>>>> calling mkdir_path /misc/areas/testdown >>>>>> Aug 12 12:57:07 KSTATION automount[15471]: mount_mount: mount(nfs): >>>>>> calling mount -t nfs4 -s -o acl,sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>> 1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown /misc/areas/testdown >>>>>> Aug 12 12:58:12 KSTATION automount[15471]: st_expire: state 1 path /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:58:12 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_proc: exp_proc = >>>>>> 3078093712 path /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:58:13 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_proc_indirect: 2 >>>>>> submounts remaining in /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:58:13 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_cleanup: got thid >>>>>> 3078093712 path /misc stat 3 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:58:13 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_cleanup: sigchld: >>>>>> exp 3078093712 finished, switching from 2 to 1 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:58:13 KSTATION automount[15471]: st_ready: st_ready(): state >>>>>> = 2 path /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:59:28 KSTATION automount[15471]: st_expire: state 1 path /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:59:28 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_proc: exp_proc = >>>>>> 3078093712 path /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:59:28 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_proc_indirect: 2 >>>>>> submounts remaining in /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 12:59:28 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_cleanup: got thid >>>>>> 3078093712 path /misc stat 3 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:59:28 KSTATION automount[15471]: expire_cleanup: sigchld: >>>>>> exp 3078093712 finished, switching from 2 to 1 >>>>>> Aug 12 12:59:28 KSTATION automount[15471]: st_ready: st_ready(): state >>>>>> = 2 path /misc >>>>>> Aug 12 13:00:16 KSTATION automount[15471]: >> mount: mount to NFS >>>>>> server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>> Aug 12 13:00:16 KSTATION automount[15471]: mount(nfs): nfs: mount >>>>>> failure 1.2.3.4:/areas/testdown on /misc/areas/testdown >>>>>> Aug 12 13:00:16 KSTATION automount[15471]: send_fail: token = 17 >>>>>> Aug 12 13:00:16 KSTATION automount[15471]: failed to mount /misc/areas/testdown >>>>>> Aug 12 13:00:43 KSTATION automount[15471]: st_expire: state 1 path /misc >>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/8/12 Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>> Carlos André wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi Ian, >>>>>>>> I'm getting crazy trying put "retry=" to work on mount... this option >>>>>>>> just DONT WORK if use proto=tcp and/OR kerberos (sec=krb5/krb5i/krb5p) >>>>>>>> like you can see on my previous emails... >>>>>>> Right, my mistake for not looking closely enough at post. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Maybe this is related to the same sort of problem we had with mount in >>>>>>> the past, before the options parsing went into the kernel, where other >>>>>>> services, like portmapper (or rpcbind), were being done with different >>>>>>> timeout parameters before the RPC calls for mounting. That's just an >>>>>>> example as NFSv4 shouldn't be sensitive to portmapper anyway. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But what version of autofs and kernel did you say you were using? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I appreciate any help. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Carlos. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2009/8/12 Ian Kent <ikent@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>> Chuck Lever wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Aug 11, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Carlos André wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> This long timeout is good if workstation need mount a critical >>>>>>>>>>> directory using /etc/fstab on boot (for example).. >>>>>>>>>>> But in my case, using this loooong timeout doesnt make any sense, >>>>>>>>>>> since autofs retry mount directory on-access. This in fact gives me >>>>>>>>>>> alot of headaches, coz user login 'll just hangs if one server goes >>>>>>>>>>> down for any reason, and will again hangs if user try access directory >>>>>>>>>>> pointing to a NFS down server... >>>>>>>>>> "retry=0" means the mount command will fail as soon as the first >>>>>>>>>> mount(2) system call fails. When you set SYN retries to 1, this means >>>>>>>>>> after 9 seconds, the connect fails, and that causes the mount(2) system >>>>>>>>>> call to fail. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Recent conversations with Ian suggested that a long timeout was desired >>>>>>>>>> for automounter as well as other cases. Ian, is there something else we >>>>>>>>>> need to consider to determine the correct retry timeout for NFS/TCP >>>>>>>>>> mount points handled via automounter? How should mount.nfs wait so we >>>>>>>>>> don't make other use cases worse? (Looks like most of the history is >>>>>>>>>> intact below). >>>>>>>>> Of course we know that autofs is entirely at the mercy of mount(8) (and >>>>>>>>> mount.nfs in particular). This has always been a difficult situation for >>>>>>>>> the automounter because interactive mount invocations should wait. But I >>>>>>>>> believe automount mounts should always time out quickly, but that leads >>>>>>>>> to its own set of problems, especially when home directories are concerned. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I think adding "retry=0" is the right thing to do myself but I'm not >>>>>>>>> certain that will work as we expect. I'll have to do some experimentation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> How long do you think is appropriate for the automounter to wait if the >>>>>>>>>> server is down, in your case, Carlos? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Am losing something or there have was something weirdo...!? >>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# echo 5 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries [DEFAULT] >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> proto=tcp,retry=1 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 3m9.000s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.001s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=1 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 3m9.000s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 3m9.001s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.003s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 3m9.001s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.001s >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries [ 5 to 1 ] >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> proto=tcp,retry=1 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). [x 6] >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 1m3.002s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=1 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). [x 13] >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 2m6.000s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 0m9.003s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.001s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla /tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5p,proto=tcp,retry=0 >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). [x 13] >>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> real 2m6.001s >>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.001s >>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSTATION ~]# >>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>>>>>>>>> max timeout goes to 2m6s changing tcp_syn_retries from 5 to 1... and >>>>>>>>>>> using retry=0 without kerberos I got only 9s... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> *sigh* >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> 2009/8/10 Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Carlos André wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Something funny: Using default tcp_syn_retries (5) i got >>>>>>>>>>>>> "3,6,12,24,48,96" secs interval... but if i change tcp_syn_retries to >>>>>>>>>>>>> 1 i got "3,6,3,6,3,6..." secs interval... >>>>>>>>>>>> Right. Normally the RPC client calls the kernel's socket connect >>>>>>>>>>>> function, >>>>>>>>>>>> which does 6 SYN retries. That one call usually takes longer than >>>>>>>>>>>> the RPC >>>>>>>>>>>> client's connect timeout, so it only makes one connect call, and then >>>>>>>>>>>> fails. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Reducing the number of SYN retries per connect attempt causes the RPC >>>>>>>>>>>> client >>>>>>>>>>>> to retry the connect call until its connect timeout expires. Each >>>>>>>>>>>> connect >>>>>>>>>>>> call resets the SYN timeout to 3 seconds. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSERVER mnt]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5p,proto=tcp >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> real 3m9.000s >>>>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.002s >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSERVER /]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries >>>>>>>>>>>>> [root@KSERVER mnt]# time mount 1.2.3.4:/blabla tmp/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5p,proto=tcp ("retry=1" = no change) >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (retrying). >>>>>>>>>>>>> mount: mount to NFS server '1.2.3.4' failed: timed out (giving up). >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> real 2m6.004s >>>>>>>>>>>>> user 0m0.000s >>>>>>>>>>>>> sys 0m0.004s >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> (3,6,3,6... secs interval) >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2009/8/10 Carlos André <candrecn@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> No, i'm just using packages from CentOS repo... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> And u're right about expo retries... with tcpdump i've monitored >>>>>>>>>>>>>> traffic and i got SYN retries in 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 secs on port >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2049... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I tried use "retry=1" option on mount without any change... I dont >>>>>>>>>>>>>> want change source or tcp timers... just NFSv4 client. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2009/8/10 Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Carlos André wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bruce, no... you're right. I'm describing a situation where my >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> server >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> died... i need mount fail faster (10 or 15 secs max) than 3 minutes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and 9 seconds... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The 189 second timeout is likely how long it takes the kernel to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> give up >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trying to connect a TCP socket to the server (6 SYN attempts with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exponential retries, or something like that). For stock CentOS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 5.3, I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> think >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> user space does only a DNS lookup for normal NFSv4 mounts -- the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kernel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tries to connect a TCP socket to port 2049, with no preceding rpcbind >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> request. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carlos, let us know if you have replaced any NFS-related CentOS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> components >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (kernel, nfs-utils) with something you've built yourself. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2009/8/7 J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:42:18AM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Aug. 07, 2009, 3:18 +0300, Carlos André <candrecn@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone ? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2009/7/29 Carlos André <candrecn@xxxxxxxxx>: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PPL, I need put a CentOS 5.3 (updated) NFSv4 server to work with >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kerberos >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and AutoFS, but i got a problem: If NFS server goes down i get a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LOOOOOOONG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mount timeout on CentOS 5.3 (updated) NFSv4 client... >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Since i need mount some (3 to 6) dirs at user logon process, if >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mount >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hangs, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> user logon hangs. Then i want configure it to timeout (if server >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> down) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> after >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10-15 secs (MAX) on each mount attempt. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I already make a lab and tried a LOT of combinations, there my >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> findings >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (server DOWN IP: 172.16.0.10 / client IP: 172.16.1.10) using >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> basic >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> command >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (time mount 172.16.0.10:/remotedir /localdir/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sec=krb5,proto=<tcp/udp>) from NFS client: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Once i try access mount point using AutoFS (proto=tcp OR >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proto=udp) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hangs for 189 secs (3m9s: real 3m9.001s) until show error >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (mount: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mount to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NFS server '172.16.0.10' failed: timed out (giving up)) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sounds like you're hitting the server's grace period. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought he was describing a situation where the server the server >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is completely gone and isn't coming back, and wondering how to make >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mount fail faster. But I may be misunderstanding. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --b. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> linux-nfs" in >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chuck Lever >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Chuck Lever >>>>>>>>>>>> chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Chuck Lever >>>>>>>>>> chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>> >> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html