Re: [PATCH] pNFS: make DS availability problems visible in log

["Benjamin Coddington" <bcodding@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There's always going to be some sort of user intervention, even if the 
intervention is to read the system's logs.  What does the solution to 
notice DS problems ideally look like to the user?  Instead of "check the 
logs for DS problems", couldn't you replace that with "run this script 
to check for DS problems"?

Ben

On 5 Mar 2021, at 7:29, Roberto Bergantinos Corpas wrote:

> Trond, Chuck
>
> thanks for feedback. I understand the point
>
> Sure we can turn those printks into tracepoints, done. However
> original point was flag somehow DS issues
> outside debug, i.e. user intervention. What about just a pr_warn_once
> just for the case when at _nfs4_pnfs_v4_ds_connect
> we could not reach any DS ?
>
> On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:35 PM Trond Myklebust 
> <trondmy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2021-03-04 at 20:20 +0000, Chuck Lever wrote:
> > > Hello Roberto!
> > >
> > > > On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:33 AM, Roberto Bergantinos Corpas <
> > > > rbergant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Would be interesting to promote DS availability logging outside
> > > > debug
> > > > so that we are more aware that I/O is diverted to MDS and some part
> > > > of the infraestructure failed.
> > > >
> > > > Also added logging for failed DS connection attempts.
> > >
> > > Given that this enables remote system behavior to generate
> > > kernel log traffic that can fill the local root partition,
> > > I'd like to see either:
> > >
> > > - the explicit use of rate limiting, or
> > >
> > > - these dprintks replaced with tracepoints
> >
> > I cannot accept a pr_warn(), even a rate limited one, for a timeout
> > error or for a connection error in the data path. Those are just too
> > nasty to deal with in a syslog.
> >
> > Tracepoints would be acceptable.
> >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Roberto Bergantinos Corpas <rbergant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c         | 4 ++--
> > > > fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c | 6 +++---
> > > > fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c                      | 6 +++++-
> > > > 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
> > > > b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
> > > > index 7f5aa0403e16..fef2d31a501a 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/filelayout/filelayout.c
> > > > @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static int filelayout_async_handle_error(struct
> > > > rpc_task *task,
> > > >         case -EIO:
> > > >         case -ETIMEDOUT:
> > > >         case -EPIPE:
> > > > -               dprintk("%s DS connection error %d\n", __func__,
> > > > +               pr_warn("%s DS connection error %d\n", __func__,
> > > >                         task->tk_status);
> > > >                 nfs4_mark_deviceid_unavailable(devid);
> > > >                 pnfs_error_mark_layout_for_return(inode, lseg);
> > > > @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static int filelayout_async_handle_error(struct
> > > > rpc_task *task,
> > > >                 fallthrough;
> > > >         default:
> > > > reset:
> > > > -               dprintk("%s Retry through MDS. Error %d\n",
> > > > __func__,
> > > > +               pr_warn("%s Retry through MDS. Error %d\n",
> > > > __func__,
> > > >                         task->tk_status);
> > > >                 return -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_MDS;
> > > >         }
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
> > > > b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
> > > > index a163533446fa..7150d94e80e6 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayout.c
> > > > @@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static int
> > > > ff_layout_async_handle_error_v4(struct rpc_task *task,
> > > >         case -EIO:
> > > >         case -ETIMEDOUT:
> > > >         case -EPIPE:
> > > > -               dprintk("%s DS connection error %d\n", __func__,
> > > > +               pr_warn("%s DS connection error %d\n", __func__,
> > > >                         task->tk_status);
> > > >                 nfs4_delete_deviceid(devid->ld, devid->nfs_client,
> > > >                                 &devid->deviceid);
> > > > @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ static int
> > > > ff_layout_async_handle_error_v4(struct rpc_task *task,
> > > >                 if (ff_layout_avoid_mds_available_ds(lseg))
> > > >                         return -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_PNFS;
> > > > reset:
> > > > -               dprintk("%s Retry through MDS. Error %d\n",
> > > > __func__,
> > > > +               pr_warn("%s Retry through MDS. Error %d\n",
> > > > __func__,
> > > >                         task->tk_status);
> > > >                 return -NFS4ERR_RESET_TO_MDS;
> > > >         }
> > > > @@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ static int
> > > > ff_layout_async_handle_error_v3(struct rpc_task *task,
> > > >                 nfs_inc_stats(lseg->pls_layout->plh_inode,
> > > > NFSIOS_DELAY);
> > > >                 goto out_retry;
> > > >         default:
> > > > -               dprintk("%s DS connection error %d\n", __func__,
> > > > +               pr_warn("%s DS connection error %d\n", __func__,
> > > >                         task->tk_status);
> > > >                 nfs4_delete_deviceid(devid->ld, devid->nfs_client,
> > > >                                 &devid->deviceid);
> > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
> > > > index 679767ac258d..322661a48348 100644
> > > > --- a/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
> > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs_nfs.c
> > > > @@ -934,8 +934,11 @@ static int _nfs4_pnfs_v4_ds_connect(struct
> > > > nfs_server *mds_srv,
> > > >                                                 (struct sockaddr
> > > > *)&da->da_addr,
> > > >                                                 da->da_addrlen,
> > > > IPPROTO_TCP,
> > > >                                                 timeo, retrans,
> > > > minor_version);
> > > > -                       if (IS_ERR(clp))
> > > > +                       if (IS_ERR(clp)) {
> > > > +                               pr_warn("%s: DS: %s unable to
> > > > connect with address %s, error: %ld\n",
> > > > +                                       __func__, ds->ds_remotestr,
> > > > da->da_remotestr, PTR_ERR(clp));
> > > >                                 continue;
> > > > +                       }
> > > >
> > > >                         status = nfs4_init_ds_session(clp,
> > > >                                         mds_srv->nfs_client-
> > > > > cl_lease_time);
> > > > @@ -949,6 +952,7 @@ static int _nfs4_pnfs_v4_ds_connect(struct
> > > > nfs_server *mds_srv,
> > > >         }
> > > >
> > > >         if (IS_ERR(clp)) {
> > > > +               pr_warn("%s: no DS available\n", __func__);
> > > >                 status = PTR_ERR(clp);
> > > >                 goto out;
> > > >         }
> > > > --
> > > > 2.21.0
> > >
> > > --
> > > Chuck Lever
> >
> > --
> > Trond Myklebust
> > Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
> > trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx