Doing a simple open of a file from 2 readers and there is a strange 5s delay on the second open. We did NOT see the issue on kernel: CentOS 4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2.x86_64 but the issue is present in: CentOS 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 #include <stdio.h> int main() { FILE * file_pointer; char buffer[50], c; file_pointer = fopen("/mnt/nfsv4/test/t.txt", "r"); fgets(buffer, 50, file_pointer); file_pointer = fopen("/mnt/nfsv4/test/t.txt", "r"); fgets(buffer, 50, file_pointer); fclose(file_pointer); return 0; } Call Graph from ftrace _nfs4_opendata_to_nfs4_state() nfs_refresh_inode() { nfs_refresh_inode.part.28() { nfs_refresh_inode_locked() { update_open_stateid() ** 5s wait ** Then the open / read completes We do not see this issue on nfsv3 only nfsv4. Here is the wireshark of the request and response: The second request and response happens immediately in the wireshark. The delay is in the kernel. Frame 25: 378 bytes on wire (3024 bits), 378 bytes captured (3024 bits) Ethernet II, Src: fa:16:3e:88:e2:24 (fa:16:3e:88:e2:24), Dst: PureStor_5b:45:10 (24:a9:37:5b:45:10) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 10.15.132.250, Dst: 10.15.128.15 Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 710, Dst Port: 2049, Seq: 2125, Ack: 1193, Len: 312 Remote Procedure Call, Type:Call XID:0xed175b8d Network File System, Ops(5): SEQUENCE, PUTFH, OPEN, ACCESS, GETATTR [Program Version: 4] [V4 Procedure: COMPOUND (1)] Tag: <EMPTY> minorversion: 1 Operations (count: 5): SEQUENCE, PUTFH, OPEN, ACCESS, GETATTR Opcode: SEQUENCE (53) sessionid: 00c800000000000c0000000000000000 seqid: 0x00000073 slot id: 0 high slot id: 0 cache this?: Yes Opcode: PUTFH (22) FileHandle Opcode: OPEN (18) seqid: 0x00000000 share_access: OPEN4_SHARE_ACCESS_READ (1) share_deny: OPEN4_SHARE_DENY_NONE (0) clientid: 0x00c8000000000017 owner: <DATA> Open Type: OPEN4_NOCREATE (0) Claim Type: CLAIM_FH (4) Opcode: ACCESS (3), [Check: RD MD XT XE] Check access: 0x2d .... ...1 = 0x001 READ: allowed? .... .1.. = 0x004 MODIFY: allowed? .... 1... = 0x008 EXTEND: allowed? ..1. .... = 0x020 EXECUTE: allowed? Opcode: GETATTR (9) Attr mask[0]: 0x0010011a (Type, Change, Size, FSID, FileId) reqd_attr: Type (1) reqd_attr: Change (3) reqd_attr: Size (4) reqd_attr: FSID (8) reco_attr: FileId (20) Attr mask[1]: 0x0030a23a (Mode, NumLinks, Owner, Owner_Group, RawDev, Space_Used, Time_Access, Time_Metadata, Time_Modify) reco_attr: Mode (33) reco_attr: NumLinks (35) reco_attr: Owner (36) reco_attr: Owner_Group (37) reco_attr: RawDev (41) reco_attr: Space_Used (45) reco_attr: Time_Access (47) reco_attr: Time_Metadata (52) reco_attr: Time_Modify (53) [Main Opcode: OPEN (18)] Frame 26: 374 bytes on wire (2992 bits), 374 bytes captured (2992 bits) Ethernet II, Src: PureStor_5b:45:10 (24:a9:37:5b:45:10), Dst: fa:16:3e:88:e2:24 (fa:16:3e:88:e2:24) Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: 10.15.128.15, Dst: 10.15.132.250 Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 2049, Dst Port: 710, Seq: 1193, Ack: 2437, Len: 308 Remote Procedure Call, Type:Reply XID:0xed175b8d Network File System, Ops(5): SEQUENCE PUTFH OPEN ACCESS GETATTR [Program Version: 4] [V4 Procedure: COMPOUND (1)] Status: NFS4_OK (0) Tag: <EMPTY> Operations (count: 5) Opcode: SEQUENCE (53) Status: NFS4_OK (0) sessionid: 00c800000000000c0000000000000000 seqid: 0x00000073 slot id: 0 high slot id: 127 target high slot id: 127 status flags: 0x00000000 Opcode: PUTFH (22) Status: NFS4_OK (0) Opcode: OPEN (18) Status: NFS4_OK (0) StateID [StateID Hash: 0xaa04] StateID seqid: 1 StateID Other: 000000000000000000000000 [StateID Other hash: 0x60de] change_info Atomic: Yes changeid (before): 1626267251187000000 changeid (after): 1626267251187000000 result flags: 0x00000004, locktype posix Delegation Type: OPEN_DELEGATE_NONE (0) Opcode: ACCESS (3), [NOT Supported: LU DL], [Access Denied: LU MD XT DL XE], [Allowed: RD] Status: NFS4_OK (0) Supported types (of requested): 0x3f Access rights (of requested): 0x01 .... ...1 = 0x001 READ: allowed .... ..0. = 0x002 LOOKUP: *Access Denied* .... .0.. = 0x004 MODIFY: *Access Denied* .... 0... = 0x008 EXTEND: *Access Denied* ...0 .... = 0x010 DELETE: *Access Denied* ..0. .... = 0x020 EXECUTE: *Access Denied* Opcode: GETATTR (9) Status: NFS4_OK (0) Attr mask[0]: 0x0010011a (Type, Change, Size, FSID, FileId) reqd_attr: Type (1) ftype4: NF4REG (1) reqd_attr: Change (3) changeid: 1626267251187000000 reqd_attr: Size (4) size: 7 reqd_attr: FSID (8) fattr4_fsid reco_attr: FileId (20) fileid: 20829148276664444 Attr mask[1]: 0x0030a23a (Mode, NumLinks, Owner, Owner_Group, RawDev, Space_Used, Time_Access, Time_Metadata, Time_Modify) reco_attr: Mode (33) mode: 0644, Name: Unknown, Read permission for owner, Write permission for owner, Read permission for group, Read permission for others reco_attr: NumLinks (35) numlinks: 1 reco_attr: Owner (36) fattr4_owner: 0 reco_attr: Owner_Group (37) fattr4_owner_group: 0 reco_attr: RawDev (41) specdata1: 0 specdata2: 0 reco_attr: Space_Used (45) space_used: 7 reco_attr: Time_Access (47) seconds: 1626267228 nseconds: 0 reco_attr: Time_Metadata (52) seconds: 1626267251 nseconds: 187000000 reco_attr: Time_Modify (53) seconds: 1626267251 nseconds: 186841000 [Main Opcode: OPEN (18)] -- Matt Robertson // Data Architect | Pure Storage, Inc. 913-915-1162 | mrobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx