Re: [PATCH v1] NFSD: Decode NFSv4 birth time attribute

[Chuck Lever III]

> On Jul 12, 2022, at 4:09 AM, Igor Mammedov <imammedo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:18:38 +0000
> Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>> On Jul 11, 2022, at 1:14 PM, Igor Mammedov <imammedo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> on tangent:
>>> when copying file from Mac (used 'cp') there is a delay ~4sec/file
>>> 'cp' does first triggers create then extra open and then setattr
>>> which returns
>>> SETATTR Status: NFS4ERR_DELAY
>>> after which the client stalls for a few seconds before repeating setattr.
>>> So question is what makes server unhappy to trigger this error
>>> and if it could be fixed on server side.
>>> 
>>> it seems to affect other methods of copying. So if one extracted
>>> an archive with multiple files or copied multiple files, that
>>> would be a pain.
>>> 
>>> With vers=3 copying is 'instant'
>>> with linux client and vers=4.0 copying is 'instant' as well but it
>>> doesn't use the same call sequence.
>>> 
>>> PS:
>>> it is not regression (I think slowness was there for a long time) 
>> 
>> A network capture would help diagnose this further, but it
>> sounds like it's delegation-related.
> yep, there was delegation request/response right after SETATTR failure
> possibly prompted by NFS4ERR_DELAY
> 
> shall I provide a network capture (I guess pcap file) from test env
> I have?

Yes, you can send it directly to me.


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Chuck Lever