On 24 Aug 2023, at 9:23, Chuck Lever wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 01:59:06PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote: >> >> >> hi, Chuck Lever, >> >> Fengwei (CCed) helped us review this astonishing finding by fsmark tests, >> and doubt below part: >> - nfsd4_end_grace(nn); >> + trace_nfsd_end_grace(netns(file)); >> >> and confirmed if adding back: >> nfsd4_end_grace(nn); >> >> the regression is gone and files_per_sec restore to 61.93. > > As always, thanks for the report. However, this result is not > plausible. "end_grace" happens only once after a server reboot. > > Can you confirm that the NFS server kernel is not crashing > during the test? Does the removal of nfsd4_end_grace() here disable the ability of nfsdcltrack to terminate the grace period early on a first start of the server? Ben