Re: NFSv4 O_DIRECT with 3.16.2 kernel issue (qemu kvm cache=none / RHEL5 guest)

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On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Zdenek Kaspar <zkaspar82@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone, got this specific problem with RHEL5 guest under KVM
> hypervisor.
>
> client/server kernel version: 3.16.2
>
> /etc/exports: rw,async,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash
> /proc/mounts: nfs4 rw,relatime,vers=4.0,rsize=524288,wsize=524288,
>               namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,port=0,
>               timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,
>               local_lock=none,addr=xxx.xxx.xxx.yyy 0 0
>
> CONFIG_NFS_FS=m
> # CONFIG_NFS_V2 is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_V3=m
> # CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_V4=m
> # CONFIG_NFS_SWAP is not set
> # CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 is not set
> # CONFIG_NFS_USE_LEGACY_DNS is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_USE_KERNEL_DNS=y
> CONFIG_NFSD=m
> CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
> # CONFIG_NFSD_V3_ACL is not set
> CONFIG_NFSD_V4=y
> # CONFIG_NFSD_FAULT_INJECTION is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_COMMON=y
>
> CentOS-5.10-i386-bin-1of8.iso -- did not test everything on centos,
> behaved same as RHEL5. So let's use it as VM reproducer:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=kvm-test1.img bs=1M count=2048
>
> start VM using:
> file=kvm-test1.img,cache=writeback,aio=native,if=virtio,boot=on
>
> create custom layout: /dev/vda1 / ext3 max size primary
> unselect Desktop-Gnome, select Customize now
> use only: Base System/Base and install it..
>
> [root@test1 ~]# find / >/dev/null
> everything works as expected with writeback
>
> shutdown, backup kvm-test1.img (fs will explode)
> start VM using:
> file=kvm-test1.img,cache=none,aio=native,if=virtio,boot=on
>
> [root@test1 ~]# find / >/dev/null
> and check dmesg, reboot etc, ie:
> EXT3-fs error (device vda1): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in
> directory #460317: rec_len is smaller than minimal - offset=0, inode=0,
> rec_len=0, name_len=0
> EXT3-fs error (device vda1): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in
> directory #98503: rec_len is smaller than minimal - offset=0, inode=0,
> rec_len=0, name_len=0
>
> Tested locally on ext4, xfs          - WORK
> Tested on NFSv4 share with ext4, xfs - FAIL
> Tested NFSv4 share sync, async       - FAIL
> Tested on NFSv3 share with xfs       - WORK
> KVM with qemu rhel-6.5, 2.1.1        - SAME RESULTS
>
> NOTE: it seems just the rhel5 guest triggers it easily..
>
> HTH, Z.
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Don't use 3.16.x kernels with NFS yet. There are known bugs in the
read/write code that need a stable backport of a set of fixes that are
in 3.17-rc.


-- 
Trond Myklebust

Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData

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