On Mon 14 Nov 2011 02:10:05 PM EST, Bryan Schumaker wrote:
> Hello Pavel,
>
> What kernel version is Debian using? I haven't been able to reproduce the problem using 3.0 (But I'm on Archlinux, so there might be other differences).
It might also be useful if you could share the /etc/exports file on the
server.
Thanks!
- Bryan
>
> - Bryan
>
> On Mon 14 Nov 2011 12:11:56 PM EST, Pavel wrote:
>> Hi! I'm trying to set up an NFS server (particularly an A/A NFS cluster) and
>> having issues with locking and reboot notifications. These are the tests I have
>> done:
>>
>> 1. The simplest test includes single NFS server machine (Debian Squeeze),
>> running nfs-kernel-server (nfs-utils 1.2.2-4) and a single client machine (same
>> OS), that mounts a share with “-o 'vers=3'” option. From the client I lock some
>> file on share using 'testlk -w <filename>' (testlk from nfsutils/tools/locktest)
>> so that a corresponding file appears in /var/lib/nfs/sm/ on server. Then I
>> reboot the server and this is what I get in client logs:
>>
>> lockd: request from 127.0.0.1, port=1007
>> lockd: SM_NOTIFY called
>> lockd: host nfs-server1 (192.168.0.101) rebooted, cnt 2
>> lockd: get host nfs-server1
>> lockd: get host nfs-server1
>> lockd: release host nfs-server1
>> lockd: reclaiming locks for host nfs-server1
>> lockd: rebind host nfs-server1
>> lockd: call procedure 2 on nfs-server1
>> lockd: nlm_bind_host nfs-server1 (192.168.0.101)
>> lockd: rpc_call returned error 13
>> lockd: failed to reclaim lock for pid 1555 (errno -13, status 0)
>> NLM: done reclaiming locks for host nfs-server1
>> lockd: release host nfs-server1
>>
>> 2. As I'm building a cluster I'll need to notify clients when NFS resource
>> migrates (since it is an A/A cluster nfs-kernel-server is always running on all
>> nodes and shares migrate using exportfs resource agent), but manually calling
>> sm-notify ('sm-notify -f -v <virtual IP of share>') from either the initial for
>> that share or backup node results in the following (client logs):
>>
>> lockd: request from 127.0.0.1, port=637
>> lockd: SM_NOTIFY called
>> lockd: host B (192.168.0.110) rebooted, cnt 2
>> lockd: get host B
>> lockd: get host B
>> lockd: release host B
>> lockd: reclaiming locks for host B
>> lockd: rebind host B
>> lockd: call procedure 2 on B
>> lockd: nlm_bind_host B (192.168.0.110)
>> lockd: server in grace period
>> lockd: spurious grace period reject?!
>> lockd: failed to reclaim lock for pid 2508 (errno -37, status 4)
>> NLM: done reclaiming locks for host B
>> lockd: release host B
>>
>> even though grace period is intended for lock reclamation. B/w after such
>> invocation no files, corresponding to the notified clients, appear in
>> /var/lib/nfs/sm/ on server for about 10 minutes, if I try locking from any of
>> these notified clients, even though locking itself is ok. Locking from other
>> clients generates files for them instantly.
>>
>> As of the rest: simple concurrent lock tests from couple of clients work fine as
>> well as server frees locks of rebooted clients.
>>
>> I'm new to NFS an may be missing obvious things, but I've already spent several
>> days googling around, but don't seem to find any solution.
>> Any help or guidance is highly appreciated. Thanks!
>>
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