From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Andr=E9?= Subject: Re: AutoFS+NFSv4 server down = LOOOOONG timeout. Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:43:16 -0300 Message-ID: References: <4A7BCCCA.4020307@panasas.com> <20090807140425.GA18298@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Cc: NFS list , Linux NFSv4 mailing list To: Chuck Lever Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfsv4-bounces@linux-nfs.org Errors-To: nfsv4-bounces@linux-nfs.org List-ID: No, i'm just using packages from CentOS repo... And u're right about expo retries... with tcpdump i've monitored traffic and i got SYN retries in 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96 secs on port 2049... I tried use "retry=3D1" option on mount without any change... I dont want change source or tcp timers... just NFSv4 client. 2009/8/10 Chuck Lever : > On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Carlos Andr=E9 wrote: >> >> Bruce, no... you're right. =A0I'm describing a situation where my server >> died... i need mount fail faster (10 or 15 secs max) than 3 minutes >> and 9 seconds... > > The 189 second timeout is likely how long it takes the kernel to give up > trying to connect a TCP socket to the server (6 SYN attempts with > exponential retries, or something like that). =A0For stock CentOS 5.3, I = think > user space does only a DNS lookup for normal NFSv4 mounts -- the kernel j= ust > tries to connect a TCP socket to port 2049, with no preceding rpcbind > request. > > Carlos, let us know if you have replaced any NFS-related CentOS components > (kernel, nfs-utils) with something you've built yourself. > >> 2009/8/7 J. Bruce Fields : >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 09:42:18AM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote: >>>> >>>> On Aug. 07, 2009, 3:18 +0300, Carlos Andr=E9 wrot= e: >>>>> >>>>> Anyone ? >>>>> >>>>> 2009/7/29 Carlos Andr=E9 : >>>>>> >>>>>> PPL, I need put a CentOS 5.3 (updated) NFSv4 server to work with >>>>>> Kerberos >>>>>> and AutoFS, but i got a problem: If NFS server goes down i get a >>>>>> LOOOOOOONG >>>>>> mount timeout on CentOS 5.3 (updated) NFSv4 client... >>>>>> >>>>>> Since i need mount some (3 to 6) dirs at user logon process, if mount >>>>>> hangs, >>>>>> user logon hangs. Then i want configure it to timeout (if server dow= n) >>>>>> after >>>>>> 10-15 secs (MAX) on each mount attempt. >>>>>> >>>>>> I already make a lab and tried a LOT of combinations, there my >>>>>> findings >>>>>> (server DOWN IP: 172.16.0.10 / client IP: 172.16.1.10) using basic >>>>>> command >>>>>> (time mount 172.16.0.10:/remotedir /localdir/ -t nfs4 -o >>>>>> sec=3Dkrb5,proto=3D) from NFS client: >>>>>> >>>>>> - Once i try access mount point using AutoFS (proto=3Dtcp OR proto= =3Dudp) >>>>>> it >>>>>> hangs for 189 secs (3m9s: real =A03m9.001s) =A0until show error (mou= nt: >>>>>> mount to >>>>>> NFS server '172.16.0.10' failed: timed out (giving up)) >>>> >>>> Sounds like you're hitting the server's grace period. >>> >>> I thought he was describing a situation where the server the server >>> is completely gone and isn't coming back, and wondering how to make the >>> mount fail faster. =A0But I may be misunderstanding. >>> >>> --b. >>> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at =A0http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- > Chuck Lever > chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com > > > >