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Re: [Xen-devel] copying large files over NFS locks up machine on-testing

To: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] copying large files over NFS locks up machine on-testing from Thursday
From: Kip Macy <kip.macy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:42:36 -0700
Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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No bridge helps with NFS, but I just tried scp on a freshly re-booted
machine and it locked up instantly. Booting into Centos4 SMP and the
scp works fine - if this a SUE it is a particularly inventive one.

I guess it is time to move to the server room and cross my fingers
that this is a 100Mbit issue.

         -Kip


On 5/22/05, Kip Macy <kip.macy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just updated to 2.0.6. Large NFS transfers work fine with the
> default configuration. If xend has been started (i.e. the bridge has
> been configured) the machine will become unresponsive when copying a
> large file over NFS.
> 
> I'll just skip migration testing for now.
> 
>         -Kip
> 
> 
> 
> On 5/21/05, Kip Macy <kip.macy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  > It sounds like the megaraid driver is unhappy. Can you reproduce this
> > > copying the file to /dev/null?
> >
> > I think it was unhappy because its interrupts weren't being serviced.
> > Copying /home/kmacy/suseroot.0 to /home/kmacy/suseroot.1 (NFS -> NFS)
> > locks the machine up just fine. The machine will also become
> > unresponsive transiently when running fsck in domU on a filesystem
> > that is a loopback device mounted over NFS.
> >
> > > It's worth checking the Dell site to make sure you have the latest
> > > megaraid firmware and driver.
> >
> > Running native mainline 2.6.11.10 NFS transfers don't cause any
> > problems. To reduce the possibility of it being a benchmark-like SUE
> > I'll do a clean build from scratch of the dom0 kernel.
> >
> >
> >         -Kip
> >
>

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