On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:48:45AM +0200, Gerhard Heift wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 05:12:11PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 04:01:50PM +0200, Gerhard Heift wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a linux kernel (2.6.38.2, armv5tel) running which exports a
> > > directory with following options:
> >
> > Should be fixed in more recent stable kernel; let me know if not.
>
> An even more recent stable than 2.6.38.2? I just compiled 2.6.39-rc3 and
> there the leak happens too.
Ugh. OK, investigating.
--b.
>
> > --b.
>
> Regards,
> Gerhard
>
> > > /data ip/32(rw,async,crossmnt,insecure,root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0)
> > >
> > > On the client (Debian unstable, kernel 2.6.38-2-amd64) I mounted the
> > > directory under /media(nfs4import with
> > >
> > > # mount -t nfs4 ip:/ /media/nfs4import
> > >
> > > After a lot running fdupes on this folder the server kernel starts
> > > throwing messages like this one:
> > >
> > > VFS: file-max limit [number] reached
> > >
> > > After a reboot I recognised that the number of used file descriptors
> > > increases during the run of fdupes (see /proc/sys/fs/file-nr). Even
> > > after unmounting the exported filesystem on the client, unexport the
> > > file system on the server and stopping the nfs-server the file
> > > descriptors are still allocated and unmounting the filesystem is not
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > After a little bit of research I could create a small program, which
> > > increases the used file descriptors by one.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Gerhard
> >
> > > #include <stdio.h>
> > >
> > > #define DIR "/media/nfs4import/"
> > >
> > > int main(void) {
> > > FILE *f1;
> > > FILE *f2;
> > > char b[1024];
> > > int i;
> > >
> > > // create file1
> > > f1 = fopen(DIR "file1.txt", "w");
> > > fwrite("test\n", 5, 1, f1);
> > > close(f1);
> > >
> > > // open file1 in read mode
> > > f1 = fopen(DIR "file1.txt", "r");
> > >
> > > for (i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
> > > // open file2 in write mode and close it
> > > f2 = fopen(DIR "file2.txt", "w");
> > > fclose(f2);
> > >
> > > // open file2 in read mode and close it
> > > // this causes the leak of a file descriptor on the server
> > > // just watch /proc/sys/fs/file-nr on the server
> > > f2 = fopen(DIR "file2.txt", "r");
> > > fclose(f2);
> > > }
> > > fclose(f1);
> > >
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> >
> >
> >
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