[OpenAFS] File creation delays

John W. Sopko Jr. sopko@cs.unc.edu
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:32:35 -0400


Derrick Brashear wrote, On 3/17/2010 8:06 AM:
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:03 AM, John W. Sopko Jr.<sopko@cs.unc.edu>  wrote:
>> We are having intermittent file creation delays. For example if you make
>> a directory or vim a file and close the file, it takes 15 seconds or so
>> to create the file. The problems seems to be getting worse. The problem
>> goes away and then come back, I have seen this problem on and off over the
>> last year or so.
>
> cmdebug the client in question and see where it's blocking.

Never used cmdebug before, read the man page, tried all the options
and they seem to work and do not hang. Do not know what I
am looking for.


>
> Anything at the syscall level probably tells us nothing.

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