Re: 2.6.38.6 - state manager constantly respawns

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On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 12:48 -0700, Harry Edmon wrote:
> On 05/16/11 12:43, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 12:36 -0700, Harry Edmon wrote:
> >    
> >> On 05/16/11 12:22, Chuck Lever wrote:
> >>      
> >>> On May 16, 2011, at 3:12 PM, Harry Edmon wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>        
> >>>> Attached is 1000 lines of output from tshark when the problem is occurring.   The client and server are connected by a private ethernet.
> >>>>
> >>>>          
> >>> Disappointing: tshark is not telling us the return codes.  However, I see "PUTFH;READ" then "RENEW" in a loop, which indicates the state manager thread is being kicked off because of ongoing difficulties with state recovery.  Is there a stuck application on that client?
> >>>
> >>> Try again with "tshark -V".
> >>>
> >>>        
> >> Here is the output from tshark -V (first 50,000 lines).   Nothing
> >> appears to be stuck, and as I said when I reboot the client into 2.6.32
> >> the problem goes away, only to reappear when I reboot it back into 2.6.38.6.
> >>
> >>      
> > Possibly, but it definitely indicates a server bug. What kind of server
> > are you using?
> >
> > Basically, the client is getting confused because when it sends a READ,
> > the server is telling it that the lease has expired, then when it sends
> > a RENEW, the same server replies that the lease is OK...
> >
> > Trond
> >    
> The server is running the 2.6.38.6 kernel with Debian squeeze, just like 
> the client.   The kernel config is attached.

Bruce, any idea how the server might get into this state?

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