From: Frank Filz Subject: [NFS] I am seeing a problem with a storm of mount requests to a server from a single client Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:13:55 -0700 Message-ID: <1237572835.4048.9.camel@dyn9047022153> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: NFS List Return-path: Received: from neil.brown.name ([220.233.11.133]:52564 "EHLO neil.brown.name" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752000AbZCTSQk (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:16:40 -0400 Received: from brown by neil.brown.name with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LkjGm-0006wc-3R for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:16:36 +1100 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: It appears what is happening is the client sends a bunch of mounts for different, but similar paths to the server. They all have the same XID. A bunch of mounts with a different similarity have a 2nd XID. This occurs on boot (the mounts are in fstab). This sounds like it may be a problem with the entropy and the random number generator. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to fix this? The problem is occurring on various kernels such as 2.6.16, 2.6.18, and 2.6.9 and various versions of nfs-utils. Thanks Frank Filz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@lists.sourceforge.net is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs