On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:17:43 -0400 sfaibish <sfaibish@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:31:52 -0400, Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:12:02 -0400 > > sfaibish <sfaibish@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:36:48 -0400, Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:02:14 -0500 > >> > Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> I changed the value of RPCNFSDCOUNT in /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server > >> >> (ubuntu). Do I need to restart the machine? > >> >> > >> >> Or I need to restart nfsd? If so, would you please let me know how to > >> >> restart nfsd? > >> >> > >> > > >> > Easiest thing to do is simply > >> > > >> > rpc.nfsd $NUMBER > >> > > >> > it will change the number of running threads to match the number that > >> you > >> > give. > >> You still need to stop and restart the nfs for this to take effect. > > > > Have you tried it? > Have you? Obviously not. > > > > > I assure you that running rpc.nfsd like this does change the number of > > threads from whatever it is to the given number. (I should know, I wrote > > the > > code :-) > No it does not if you check how many daemons are running (ps) you will see > that it only > changed the value not the number of running daemons. We must be talking about different things. sh-4.1# ps axgu | grep nfsd root 2771 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd4] root 2772 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2773 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2774 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2775 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2776 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2777 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2778 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2779 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 9621 0.0 0.0 112308 868 pts/14 S+ 20:39 0:00 grep nfsd sh-4.1# rpc.nfsd 16 sh-4.1# ps axgu | grep nfsd root 2771 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd4] root 2772 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2773 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2774 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2775 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2776 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2777 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2778 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2779 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 9623 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9624 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9625 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9626 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9627 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9628 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9629 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9630 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S 20:39 0:00 [nfsd] root 9632 0.0 0.0 112308 868 pts/14 S+ 20:39 0:00 grep nfsd sh-4.1# rpc.nfsd 3 sh-4.1# ps axgu | grep nfsd root 2771 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd4] root 2772 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2773 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 2774 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S Aug20 0:00 [nfsd] root 9635 0.0 0.0 112308 864 pts/14 S+ 20:39 0:00 grep nfsd sh-4.1# So when I run "rpc.nfsd N" and I check with "ps" how many deamons are running, I find that N are running. Maybe you mean something different?? NeilBrown -- 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
