Re: nfsv4 + readdir == too many requests

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On 01/13/2011 10:01 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 21:26 +0100, Tigran Mkrtchyan wrote: 
>   
>> By running intensive tests I notice that readdir oration over nfsv4.1
>> asks for
>> file attributes in readdir (attr_request) and later on for each file. To
>> me it looks like
>> broken.
>>
>> This 2.6.37 + pnfs-all-latests :
>>
>> git://linux-nfs.org/~bhalevy/linux-pnfs.git
>> 378978453b64bf895de8cd0e68dbcd9e9c0155ce
>>
>> 100% reproducible.
>>     
> 1) What makes you think this is broken, and not just a case of the
> attribute cache timing out and/or the directory changing?
>   

The directory does not changed. I issue 'ls -l' and with wireshak can
see READDIR requests
followed by GETATTR. looks like cache is ignored or too small.
> 2) Can you produce a testcase that proves brokenness?
>   
I will try to come up with something.
> 3) Can you reproduce on a non-pnfs-all-latests kernel?
>
> Readdir shouldn't be affected by the stuff in Benny's tree, but I'm
> always wary of tests on out-of-mainline trees.
>   
NP. with vanilla 2.6.37 ?

Regards,
   Tigran.
> Cheers
>    Trond
>   

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