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From: Max Matveev <makc@redhat.com>
To: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NFS/TCP timeout sequence
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:20:12 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990.19772.54549.203398@regina.usersys.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1310046439.3863.30.camel@lade.trondhjem.org>

On Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:47:19 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:

 TM> On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 18:11 +1000, Max Matveev wrote: 

 TM> Sigh... Firstly, 2 second timeouts are complete lunacy when using a
 TM> protocol that guarantees reliable delivery, such as TCP does. Anyone who
 TM> tries it deserves exactly what they get: poor unreliable performance.

2 seconds is besides the point - I'm not going to wait for 28 minutes
(timeout=600,retrans=7) when doing timeout testing just to prove that
it does not work.

 TM> Secondly, the _other_ fix for this problem is to fix the documentation.

I can live with that too.

max

      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-08  0:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-07  8:11 NFS/TCP timeout sequence Max Matveev
2011-07-07 13:47 ` Trond Myklebust
2011-07-07 14:04   ` Chuck Lever
2011-07-07 14:16     ` Trond Myklebust
2011-07-07 14:44       ` Chuck Lever
2011-07-07 14:59         ` Trond Myklebust
2011-08-04  5:54           ` Max Matveev
2011-08-04  5:42             ` [PATCH] NFS: allow enough time for timeouts to run Max Matveev
2011-08-04  5:47             ` [PATCH] Update nfs(5) manpage - timeo for NFS/TCP Max Matveev
2011-08-04 12:04               ` Jim Rees
2011-08-05  0:57                 ` Max Matveev
2011-08-05  1:39                   ` Jim Rees
2011-08-05  2:14                     ` Max Matveev
2011-07-08  6:05       ` NFS/TCP timeout sequence Max Matveev
2011-07-08  0:20   ` Max Matveev [this message]

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