[Lustre-discuss] Clients fail every now and again,

[Mag Gam]

Brock:

What is the client version? I am getting the same type of failures.

Also, check your network if you have any TX/RX packet drops (netstat -i).

I am wondering if you are having the same problem as us.



On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Brock Palen <brockp at umich.edu> wrote:
> We consistantly see random ocurances of a client being kicked out,
> and while lustre says it tries to reconnect, it almost never can
> without a reboot:
>
>
> Nov 14 18:28:18 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 14130:0:(import.c:
> 226:ptlrpc_invalidate_import()) nobackup-MDT0000_UUID: rc = -110
> waiting for callback (3 != 0)
> Nov 14 18:28:18 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 14130:0:(import.c:
> 230:ptlrpc_invalidate_import()) @@@ still on sending list
> req at 000001015dd9ec00 x979024/t0 o101->nobackup-
> MDT0000_UUID at 10.164.3.246@tcp:12/10 lens 448/1184 e 0 to 100 dl
> 1226700928 ref 1 fl Rpc:RES/0/0 rc -4/0
> Nov 14 18:28:18 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 14130:0:(import.c:
> 230:ptlrpc_invalidate_import()) Skipped 1 previous similar messageNov
> 14 18:28:18 nyx-login1 kernel: Lustre: nobackup-MDT0000-
> mdc-00000100f7ef0400: Connection restored to service nobackup-MDT0000
> using nid 10.164.3.246 at tcp.
> Nov 14 18:30:32 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 11-0: an error
> occurred while communicating with 10.164.3.246 at tcp. The mds_statfs
> operation failed with -107
> Nov 14 18:30:32 nyx-login1 kernel: Lustre: nobackup-MDT0000-
> mdc-00000100f7ef0400: Connection to service nobackup-MDT0000 via nid
> 10.164.3.246 at tcp was lost; in progress operations using this service
> will wait for recovery to complete.
> Nov 14 18:30:32 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 167-0: This client
> was evicted by nobackup-MDT0000; in progress operations using this
> service will fail.
> Nov 14 18:30:32 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 16523:0:(llite_lib.c:
> 1549:ll_statfs_internal()) mdc_statfs fails: rc = -5
> Nov 14 18:30:35 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 16525:0:(client.c:
> 716:ptlrpc_import_delay_req()) @@@ IMP_INVALID  req at 000001000990fe00
> x983192/t0 o41->nobackup-MDT0000_UUID at 10.164.3.246@tcp:12/10 lens
> 128/400 e 0 to 100 dl 0 ref 1 fl Rpc:/0/0 rc 0/0
> Nov 14 18:30:35 nyx-login1 kernel: LustreError: 16525:0:(llite_lib.c:
> 1549:ll_statfs_internal()) mdc_statfs fails: rc = -108
>
> Is there any way to make lustre more robust against these types of
> failures?  According to the manual (and many times in practice, like
> rebooting a MDS)  the filesystem will just block and comeback.  This
> almost never comes back, after a while it will say reconnected, but
> will fail again right away.
>
> On the MDS I see:
>
> Nov 14 18:30:20 mds1 kernel: Lustre: nobackup-MDT0000: haven't heard
> from client 1284bfca-91bd-03f6-649c-f591e5d807d5 (at
> 141.212.31.43 at tcp) in 227 seconds. I think it's dead, and I am
> evicting it.
> Nov 14 18:30:28 mds1 kernel: LustreError: 11463:0:(handler.c:
> 1515:mds_handle()) operation 41 on unconnected MDS from
> 12345-141.212.31.43 at tcp
> Nov 14 18:30:28 mds1 kernel: LustreError: 11463:0:(ldlm_lib.c:
> 1536:target_send_reply_msg()) @@@ processing error (-107)
> req at 00000103f84eae00 x983190/t0 o41-><?>@<?>:0/0 lens 128/0 e 0 to 0
> dl 1226705528 ref 1 fl Interpret:/0/0 rc -107/0
> Nov 14 18:34:15 mds1 kernel: Lustre: nobackup-MDT0000: haven't heard
> from client 1284bfca-91bd-03f6-649c-f591e5d807d5 (at
> 141.212.31.43 at tcp) in 227 seconds. I think it's dead, and I am
> evicting it.
>
> Just keeps kicking it out,  /proc/fs/lustre/health_check on client,
> and servers are healthy.
>
> Brock Palen
> www.umich.edu/~brockp
> Center for Advanced Computing
> brockp at umich.edu
> (734)936-1985
>
>
>
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