Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 10:30:18 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian N. Handy" <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max # of files with NFS? Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970520102638.4856A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970520091256.15296I-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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>> So I have this NFS-mounted directory with 287 files in it. If I cd to >> that directory and do an 'ls', that terminal hangs. Top says it's in >> 'getblk'. > > [...] Doug writes: >I just listed a directory with 7800 files it to check. I can't (yet) test >directly with DU 4.0 but if you could get a packet trace, it might help >diagnose what is happening. Run 'tcpdump -vv -s300 port nfs' while you >try to do the 'ls'. Boy, I don't get it...but it works today??? I had to recompile my kernel with the bpf stuff, then I rebooted, mounted the directory, ran tcpdump and did the ls and everything worked fine. I'll keep an eye on this, though, and if I can figure out how to recreate the problem I'll come on back with more info. Thanks, Brian
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