[Gluster-devel] Re: NFS reexport status

Krishna Srinivas krishna at zresearch.com
Wed Aug 8 07:57:10 UTC 2007


Hi Brent,

Thanks. So if you use storage/posix under afr, you don't see
problem in nfs reexport. We are not able to reproduce this
behaviour here.

Can you give us access to your machines? is it possible?

Thanks
Krishna

On 8/8/07, Brent A Nelson <brent at phys.ufl.edu> wrote:
> Today, I tried switching to the Gluster-modified fuse-2.7.0, but I still
> encountered the same misbehavior with NFS reexport.  Heads-up: like
> someone else on the mailing list, I found that GlusterFS performance is
> MUCH slower with 2.7.0 than with my old 2.6.3, at least for simple "du"
> tests...
>
> Failing that, I thought I'd try to figure out the simplest specs to
> exhibit the issue; see attached.  I first tried glusterfs (no glusterfsd);
> it worked for a simple afr as well as unification of two afrs with no NFS
> reexport trouble.  As soon as I introduced a glusterfsd exporting to the
> glusterfs via protocol/client and protocol/server (via localhost),
> however, the rsync problems appeared.  I didn't see the issues with du in
> this simple setup, though (perhaps that problem will disappear when this
> problem is fixed, perhaps not).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brent
>
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Krishna Srinivas wrote:
>
> > Hi Brent,
> >
> > Those messages in log are harmless, I have removed them from the
> > source. Can you mail the spec files? I will see again if it can be
> > repro'd
> >
> > Thanks
> > Krishna
> >
> >
> > On 8/7/07, Brent A Nelson <brent at phys.ufl.edu> wrote:
> >> I added debugging to all the AFR subvolumes.  On the du test, all it
> >> produced were lines like this over and over:
> >> 2007-08-06 17:23:41 C [dict.c:1094:data_to_ptr] libglusterfs/dict:
> >> @data=(nil)
> >>
> >> For the rsync (in addition to the @data=(nil) messages):
> >> rsync -a /tmp/blah/usr0/ /tmp/blah/nfs0/
> >> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/gc_sc"):
> >> Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/man/man1"): Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/man/man8"): Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/bin"): Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync:
> >> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/linux"):
> >> Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync:
> >> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-server/include/config"):
> >> Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync:
> >> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-server/include/linux"):
> >> Input/output error (5)
> >> rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 2672 bytes [sender]: Broken pipe
> >> (32)
> >> rsync: close failed on "/tmp/blah/nfs0/games/.banner.vl3iqI": Operation
> >> not permitted (1)
> >> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (98 bytes received so far) [sender]
> >> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(454)
> >> [sender=2.6.9]
> >>
> >> The debug output is:
> >> 2007-08-06 17:33:58 E [afr.c:1389:afr_selfheal_getxattr_cbk] mirror3:
> >> (path=/nfs0/games/.banner.vl3iqI child=share3-0) op_ret=-1 op_errno=61
> >> 2007-08-06 17:33:58 E [afr.c:1389:afr_selfheal_getxattr_cbk] mirror3:
> >> (path=/nfs0/games/.banner.vl3iqI child=share3-1) op_ret=-1 op_errno=61
> >> 2007-08-06 17:33:58 E [afr.c:1389:afr_selfheal_getxattr_cbk] ns0:
> >> (path=/nfs0/games/.banner.vl3iqI child=ns0-0) op_ret=-1 op_errno=61
> >> 2007-08-06 17:33:58 E [afr.c:1389:afr_selfheal_getxattr_cbk] ns0:
> >> (path=/nfs0/games/.banner.vl3iqI child=ns0-1) op_ret=-1 op_errno=61
> >>
> >> This is new behavior; rsync didn't used to actually die, it just made
> >> incomplete copies.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Krishna Srinivas wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Brent,
> >>>
> >>> Can you put "option debug on" in afr subvolume and try the
> >>> du/rsync operations and mail the log?
> >>>
> >>> We are not able to reproduce the problem here, nfs is working
> >>> fine over afr.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Krishna
> >>>
> >>> On 8/4/07, Krishna Srinivas <krishna at zresearch.com> wrote:
> >>>> rsync was failing for me without no_root_squash, so thought that
> >>>> might have been the culprit.
> >>>>
> >>>> If i put no_root_squash, nfs over afr works fine for me.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes you are right, for some reason readdir() is not functioning
> >>>> properly I think because of which paths are getting corrupted.
> >>>>
> >>>> will get back to you.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Krishna
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8/4/07, Brent A Nelson <brent at phys.ufl.edu> wrote:
> >>>>> All of my tests were done with no_root_squash already, and all tests were
> >>>>> done as root.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Without AFR, gluster and NFS reexports work fine with du and rsync.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> With AFR, gluster by itself is fine, but du and rsync from an NFS client
> >>>>> do not work properly. rsync gives lots of I/O errors and occasional "file
> >>>>> has vanished" messages for paths where the last element is junk.  du gives
> >>>>> incorrect sizes (smaller than it should) and occassionally gives "no such
> >>>>> file or directory", also for paths where the last element is junk.  See
> >>>>> output below for examples from both of this junk.  Perhaps if you could
> >>>>> figure out how those paths are getting corrupted, the whole problem will
> >>>>> be resolved...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Brent
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Krishna Srinivas wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi Brent,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Can you add no_root_squash to exports file and reexport and mount
> >>>>>> using nfs and try to rsync as root and see if it works?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> like: "/mnt/gluster *(rw,no_root_squash,sync,fsid=3)"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>> Krishna
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 8/4/07, Brent A Nelson <brent at phys.ufl.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>> Woops, scratch that.  I accidentally tested the 2nd GlusterFS directory,
> >>>>>>> not the final NFS mount.  Even with the GlusterFS reexport of the original
> >>>>>>> GlusterFS, the issue is still present.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks and sorry for the confusion,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Brent
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Brent A Nelson wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> I do have a workaround which can hide this bug, thanks to the wonderful
> >>>>>>>> flexibility of GlusterFS and the fact that it in itself is POSIX.  If I mount
> >>>>>>>> the GlusterFS as usual, but then use another glusterfs/glusterfsd pair to
> >>>>>>>> export and mount it and NFS reexport THAT, the problem does not appear.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Presumably, server-side AFR instead of client-side would also bypass the
> >>>>>>>> issue (not tested)...
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Brent
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Brent A Nelson wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> I turned off self-heal on all the AFR volumes, remounted and reexported (I
> >>>>>>>>> didn't delete the data; let me know if that is needed).
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> du -sk /tmp/blah/* (via NFS)
> >>>>>>>>> du: cannot access `/tmp/blah/usr0/include/c++/4.1.2/\a': No such file or
> >>>>>>>>> directory
> >>>>>>>>> 171832  /tmp/blah/usr0
> >>>>>>>>> 109476  /tmp/blah/usr0-copy
> >>>>>>>>> du: cannot access `/tmp/blah/usr1/include/sys/\337O\004': No such file or
> >>>>>>>>> directory
> >>>>>>>>> du: cannot access
> >>>>>>>>> `/tmp/blah/usr1/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/asm-ia64/\v': No such
> >>>>>>>>> file or directory
> >>>>>>>>> du: cannot access
> >>>>>>>>> `/tmp/blah/usr1/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/asm-ia64/&\324\004': No
> >>>>>>>>> such file or directory
> >>>>>>>>> du: cannot access
> >>>>>>>>> `/tmp/blah/usr1/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/drivers/\006': No such file or
> >>>>>>>>> directory
> >>>>>>>>> 117472  /tmp/blah/usr1
> >>>>>>>>> 58392   /tmp/blah/usr1-copy
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> It appears that self-heal isn't the culprit.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> Brent
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Krishna Srinivas wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Hi Brent,
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Can you turn self-heal off (option self-heal off) and see how it
> >>>>>>>>>> behaves?
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>>>>>> Krishna
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> On 8/3/07, Brent A Nelson <brent at phys.ufl.edu> wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> A hopefully relevant strace snippet:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> open("share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/jt",
> >>>>>>>>>>> O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 3
> >>>>>>>>>>> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> mmap2(NULL, 1052672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> >>>>>>>>>>> 0) = 0xb7c63000
> >>>>>>>>>>> getdents64(3, /* 6 entries */, 1048576) = 144
> >>>>>>>>>>> lstat64("share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/jt/C.pl", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
> >>>>>>>>>>> st_size=220, ...}) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> lstat64("share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/jt/U.pl", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
> >>>>>>>>>>> st_size=251, ...}) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> lstat64("share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/jt/D.pl", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
> >>>>>>>>>>> st_size=438, ...}) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> lstat64("share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/jt/R.pl", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644,
> >>>>>>>>>>> st_size=426, ...}) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> getdents64(3, /* 0 entries */, 1048576) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> munmap(0xb7c63000, 1052672)             = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> close(3)                                = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> open("share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/gc_sc",
> >>>>>>>>>>> O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 3
> >>>>>>>>>>> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)         = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> mmap2(NULL, 1052672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> >>>>>>>>>>> 0) = 0xb7c63000
> >>>>>>>>>>> getdents64(3, 0xb7c63024, 1048576)      = -1 EIO (Input/output error)
> >>>>>>>>>>> write(2, "rsync: readdir(\"/tmp/blah/usr0/s"..., 91rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/perl/5.8.8/unicore/lib/gc_sc"):
> >>>>>>>>>>> Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>> error (5)) = 91
> >>>>>>>>>>> write(2, "\n", 1
> >>>>>>>>>>> )                       = 1
> >>>>>>>>>>> munmap(0xb7c63000, 1052672)             = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>> close(3)                                = 0
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> Brent
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007, Brent A Nelson wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> NFS reexport of a unified GlusterFS seems to be working fine as of TLA
> >>>>>>>>>>>> 409.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> I can make identical copies of a /usr area local-to-glusterfs and
> >>>>>>>>>>>> glusterfs-to-glusterfs, hardlinks and all.  Awesome!
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> However, this is not true when AFR is added to the mix (rsync
> >>>>>>>>>>>> glusterfs-to-glusterfs via NFS reexport):
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/lib/perl/5.8.8/auto/POSIX"): Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/perl/5.8.8"): Input/output error
> >>>>>>>>>>>> (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/i18n/locales"): Input/output error
> >>>>>>>>>>>> (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/locale-langpack/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/groff/1.18.1/font/devps"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/man/man1"): Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/man/man8"): Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/man/man7"): Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/X11/xkb/symbols"): Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> error
> >>>>>>>>>>>> (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/zoneinfo/right/Africa"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/zoneinfo/right/Asia"): Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/zoneinfo/right/America"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/zoneinfo/Asia"): Input/output error
> >>>>>>>>>>>> (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/doc"): Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/share/consolefonts"): Input/output error
> >>>>>>>>>>>> (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync: readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/bin"): Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/asm-sparc64"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/linux"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/asm-mips"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/asm-parisc"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> file has vanished:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> "/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16/include/asm-sparc/\#012"
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-server/include/config"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> rsync:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> readdir("/tmp/blah/usr0/src/linux-headers-2.6.20-16-server/include/linux"):
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Input/output error (5)
> >>>>>>>>>>>> ...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas? Meanwhile, I'll try to track it down in strace (the output
> >>>>>>>>>>>> will be
> >>>>>>>>>>>> huge, but maybe I'll get lucky)...
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Brent
> >>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>>
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