Subject: Re: 2.6.38.6 - state manager constantly respawns
From: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
To: Harry Edmon <harry@uw.edu>
Cc: "Dr. J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>,
        Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 16:11:23 -0400
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On Fri, 2011-05-20 at 12:44 -0700, Harry Edmon wrote: 
> > Once a minute is rather unusual... What kind of server are you running
> > against?
> >
> > If it is a Linux server, what is the value contained in the virtual file
> > "/proc/fs/nfsd/nfsv4leasetime" ?
> >
> >    
> Same as before - Debian Squeeze running 2.6.38.6.   The value of 
> /proc/fs/nfsd/nfsv4leasetime is 90 and is not something I changed.

OK... Does 'nfsstat' on the server show any 'delegreturn' updates around
the time when the state manager thread runs? It could just be that it is
reaping all your unused delegations.

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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
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