> Why does your server need to have multiple filehandles refer to the same file Trond, the first thing I want to understand is that this server's multiple filehandles referring to the same file/directory is the reason for the client's behavior described in this email. I am pretty sure it is, but want a confirmation! Ganesha by design uses one file handle on big endian systems and another one on little endian systems. If a mixed cluster is going to serve the same file system, then the same file will have at least two different file handles. This is probably done to avoid needless host2net and net2host integer conversions. Also, how do servers deal with version changes in file handle? Looks like live migrations will be broken when there is a file handle version change? Regards, Malahal. On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 1:56 AM Trond Myklebust <trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2018-11-02 at 21:24 +0530, Malahal Naineni wrote: > > Ben, NFSv3 RFC1813.txt states: "If two file handles from the same > > server are equal, they must refer to the same file, but if they are > > not equal, no conclusions can be drawn." Ganesha does return same > > fileid here (inode). > > > > In NFSv4, they have introduced "unique_handles" attribute. I don't > > see > > Linux NFS client using this at all though. > > Why does your server need to have multiple filehandles refer to the > same file, and why do you expect clients to support this? > > Yes, the spec allows it, but that's not a sufficient reason. > > > > > Regards, Malahal. > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:35 PM Benjamin Coddington < > > bcodding@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On 2 Nov 2018, at 1:26, Malahal Naineni wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, we are using NFS-Ganesha with Linux NFS clients. The > > > > client's > > > > shell reports the following. Based on lsof, the directory is > > > > marked > > > > deleted. "cd to ROOT and cd to the same home directory fixes the > > > > issue. The client behaves as though the directory is deleted and > > > > recreated! Our NFS-Ganesha server implementation uses multiple > > > > file > > > > handles that point to the same object. NFS spec says this should > > > > be > > > > fine, but Linux NFS seems to be broken in this regard. tcpdump > > > > does > > > > indicate file handle change (note that all file handles are > > > > permanent, > > > > meaning they are valid at the server any time) around this issue > > > > time. > > > > > > > > "shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot > > > > access > > > > parent directories: No such file or directory" > > > > sh 112544 malahal cwd DIR > > > > 0,67 > > > > 65536 45605209 /home/malahal (deleted) > > > > (10.120.154.42:/nfs/malahal-export/) > > > > > > > > Function nfs_prime_dcache() seems to invalidate the dcache entry > > > > if > > > > nfs_same_file() returns false. nfs_same_file() does seem to > > > > return > > > > false with the following change, if I read it correctly, if there > > > > is a > > > > file handle change. Can this be the source of my issue? It seems > > > > that > > > > the client should do this only if the file handle is NOT valid > > > > (e.g. > > > > if it gets ESTALE), right? > > > > > > > > The following commit seems to assume that the objects are > > > > different if > > > > they have different file handles! > > > > commit 7dc72d5f7a0ec97a53e126c46e2cbd2560757955 > > > > Author: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Date: Thu Sep 22 13:38:52 2016 -0400 > > > > > > > > NFS: Fix inode corruption in nfs_prime_dcache() > > > > > > My understanding is that for NFSv3 we have to assume that distinct > > > filehandles are distinct objects, but maybe I'm wrong about this. > > > > > > For NFSv4.x, we can follow the guidance in RFCs 5661 or 7530 > > > section 10.3.4 > > > to determine if the differing filehandles are the same object, > > > specifically > > > the fileid recommended attribute needs to be implemented. Is > > > Ganesha > > > returning the same fileid for both filehandles? > > > > > > Ben > -- > Trond Myklebust > CTO, Hammerspace Inc > 4300 El Camino Real, Suite 105 > Los Altos, CA 94022 > www.hammer.space > >
