[Gluster-users] glusterfs 4.1.7 + nfs-ganesha 2.7.1 freeze during write

[Maurits Lamers]

Hi all,

I am trying to find out more about why a nfs mount through nfs-ganesha of a glusterfs volume freezes.

Little bit of a background: 
The system consists of one glusterfs volume across 5 nodes. Every node runs Ubuntu 16.04, gluster 4.1.7 and nfs-ganesha 2.7.1
The gluster volume is exported using the setup described on the first half of https://docs.gluster.org/en/latest/Administrator%20Guide/NFS-Ganesha%20GlusterFS%20Integration/

The node which freezes is running Nextcloud in a docker setup, where the entire application is stored on a path, which is a nfs-ganesha mount of the glusterfs volume.
When I am running a synchronisation operation with this nextcloud instance, at some point the entire system freezes. The only solution is to completely restart the node, 
Just before this freeze the /var/log/ganesha/ganesha-gfapi.log file contains an error, which seems to result to timeouts after a short while.

The node running the nextcloud instance is the only one freezing, the rest of the cluster seems to not be affected.

2019-02-07 10:11:17.342132] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:17.345776] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:17.346079] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:17.396853] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:17.397650] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:17.398036] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:17.407839] W [dict.c:671:dict_ref] (-->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/quick-read.so(+0x59b4) [0x7f2f035139b4] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glusterfs/4.1.7/xlator/performance/io-cache.so(+0xa2cd) [0x7f2f037242cd] -->/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglusterfs.so.0(dict_ref+0x50) [0x7f2f0f312370] ) 0-dict: dict is NULL [Invalid argument]
[2019-02-07 10:11:24.812606] E [MSGID: 104055] [glfs-fops.c:4955:glfs_cbk_upcall_data] 0-gfapi: Synctak for Upcall event_type(1) and gfid(yøêÙ
          Mz„–îSL4_@) failed
[2019-02-07 10:11:24.819376] E [MSGID: 104055] [glfs-fops.c:4955:glfs_cbk_upcall_data] 0-gfapi: Synctak for Upcall event_type(1) and gfid(eTnôEU«H.<Y4failed
[2019-02-07 10:11:24.833299] E [MSGID: 104055] [glfs-fops.c:4955:glfs_cbk_upcall_data] 0-gfapi: Synctak for Upcall event_type(1) and gfid(gÇLÁèFà»0bЯk) failed
[2019-02-07 10:25:01.642509] C [rpc-clnt-ping.c:166:rpc_clnt_ping_timer_expired] 0-gv0-client-2: server [node1]:49152 has not responded in the last 42 seconds, disconnecting.
[2019-02-07 10:25:01.642805] C [rpc-clnt-ping.c:166:rpc_clnt_ping_timer_expired] 0-gv0-client-1: server [node2]:49152 has not responded in the last 42 seconds, disconnecting.
[2019-02-07 10:25:01.642946] C [rpc-clnt-ping.c:166:rpc_clnt_ping_timer_expired] 0-gv0-client-4: server [node3]:49152 has not responded in the last 42 seconds, disconnecting.
[2019-02-07 10:25:02.643120] C [rpc-clnt-ping.c:166:rpc_clnt_ping_timer_expired] 0-gv0-client-3: server 127.0.1.1:49152 has not responded in the last 42 seconds, disconnecting.
[2019-02-07 10:25:02.643314] C [rpc-clnt-ping.c:166:rpc_clnt_ping_timer_expired] 0-gv0-client-0: server [node4]:49152 has not responded in the last 42 seconds, disconnecting.


The log in /var/log/glusterfs/glusterd.log contains nothing after the default messages at startup.

The log in /var/log/ganesha/ganesha.log starts warning about its health after the messages above:

07/02/2019 09:42:17 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[main] nfs_start :NFS STARTUP :EVENT :-------------------------------------------------
07/02/2019 09:42:17 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[main] nfs_start :NFS STARTUP :EVENT :             NFS SERVER INITIALIZED
07/02/2019 09:42:17 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[main] nfs_start :NFS STARTUP :EVENT :-------------------------------------------------
07/02/2019 09:43:28 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[reaper] nfs_lift_grace_locked :STATE :EVENT :NFS Server Now NOT IN GRACE
07/02/2019 11:26:17 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[dbus_heartbeat] nfs_health :DBUS :WARN :Health status is unhealthy. enq new: 170321, old: 170320; deq new: 170314, old: 170314
07/02/2019 11:28:17 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[dbus_heartbeat] nfs_health :DBUS :WARN :Health status is unhealthy. enq new: 170325, old: 170324; deq new: 170317, old: 170317
07/02/2019 11:29:21 : epoch 5c5bef56 : [myhost] : ganesha.nfsd-1384[dbus_heartbeat] nfs_health :DBUS :WARN :Health status is unhealthy. enq new: 170327, old: 170326; deq new: 170318, old: 170318

Any hints on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.

cheers

Maurits