[Linux-cachefs] Fedora 11: fscache running but not caching ?
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Sat Oct 17 20:41:11 UTC 2009
Hello,
I'm running some initial tests in a clean Fedora 11 envrionment (all
updates, but no additional patches installed).
I'm NFS mounting and trying to cache a remote directory connected
through a relatively slow link - my hope is to see the accelerating
effects of the cache especially well with such a setup.
Everything seems to be working out of the box - but I see no actual
caching taking place: the cache in /var/fscache remains completely
empty, and I see no acceleration: reading the same set of files again
and again takes the same amount of time with fscache running (see
below), compared to a plain NFS mount (without "-o fsc") and without
fscache running.
Obviously I must be missing something.
Here is the data I collected - maybe anybody can see what I'm doing
wrong?
# cat /etc/cachefilesd.conf
###############################################################################
#
# Copyright (C) 2006 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
# Written by David Howells (dhowells at redhat.com)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
# 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
###############################################################################
dir /var/fscache
tag wd_gemini
brun 10%
bcull 7%
bstop 3%
frun 10%
fcull 7%
fstop 3%
# mount -t nfs gemini:/home/wd/Mail /home/wd/Mail -o fsc
# mount
/dev/mapper/vg0-fedora10 on / type xfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg0-root on /fedora7 type ext3 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg0-home_private on /home_private type ext3 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vg1-backup on /backup type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
castor:/home on /home type nfs (rw,addr=10.0.0.10)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)
gemini:/home/wd/Mail on /home/wd/Mail type nfs (rw,fsc,addr=10.1.0.2)
# cat /proc/fs/nfsfs/*
NV SERVER PORT USE HOSTNAME
v3 0a010002 0 1 gemini
v3 0a00000a 0 1 castor
NV SERVER PORT DEV FSID FSC
v3 0a00000a 0 0:19 380c898c162893fb no
v3 0a010002 0 0:20 cf0d1132eaeab9c4 yes
# service cachefilesd start
Starting cachefilesd: [ OK ]
# df -h /var/fscache/
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg0-f11 117G 14G 104G 12% /
# ls /proc/sys/fs/nfs/
idmap_cache_timeout nfs_congestion_kb nlm_grace_period nlm_timeout nsm_local_state
nfs_callback_tcpport nfs_mountpoint_timeout nlm_tcpport nlm_udpport nsm_use_hostnames
# ls /proc/fs/fscache
stats
# cat /proc/fs/fscache/stats
FS-Cache statistics
Cookies: idx=18 dat=905 spc=0
Objects: alc=0 nal=0 avl=0 ded=2
ChkAux : non=0 ok=0 upd=0 obs=0
Pages : mrk=0 unc=0
Acquire: n=923 nul=0 noc=0 ok=923 nbf=0 oom=0
Lookups: n=0 neg=0 pos=0 crt=0
Updates: n=0 nul=0 run=0
Relinqs: n=638 nul=0 wcr=0
AttrChg: n=0 ok=0 nbf=0 oom=0 run=0
Allocs : n=0 ok=0 wt=0 nbf=0
Allocs : ops=0 owt=0
Retrvls: n=913 ok=0 wt=0 nod=0 nbf=913 int=0 oom=0
Retrvls: ops=0 owt=0
Stores : n=0 ok=0 agn=0 nbf=0 oom=0
Stores : ops=0 run=0
Ops : pend=0 run=0 enq=0
Ops : dfr=0 rel=0 gc=0
# ls -laR /var/fscache/
/var/fscache/:
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 34 Oct 16 23:37 .
drwxr-xr-x. 24 root root 4096 Oct 16 23:29 ..
drwx------ 2 root root 6 Oct 16 23:37 cache
drwx------ 2 root root 6 Oct 16 23:37 graveyard
/var/fscache/cache:
total 0
drwx------ 2 root root 6 Oct 16 23:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 34 Oct 16 23:37 ..
/var/fscache/graveyard:
total 0
drwx------ 2 root root 6 Oct 16 23:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 34 Oct 16 23:37 ..
# cat /proc/fs/fscache/stats
FS-Cache statistics
Cookies: idx=20 dat=1574 spc=0
Objects: alc=478 nal=0 avl=478 ded=2
ChkAux : non=0 ok=0 upd=0 obs=0
Pages : mrk=4033 unc=0
Acquire: n=1594 nul=0 noc=0 ok=1594 nbf=0 oom=0
Lookups: n=478 neg=478 pos=0 crt=478
Updates: n=0 nul=0 run=0
Relinqs: n=1115 nul=0 wcr=0
AttrChg: n=0 ok=0 nbf=0 oom=0 run=0
Allocs : n=0 ok=0 wt=0 nbf=0
Allocs : ops=0 owt=0
Retrvls: n=1583 ok=0 wt=474 nod=476 nbf=1107 int=0 oom=0
Retrvls: ops=476 owt=47
Stores : n=4033 ok=4033 agn=0 nbf=0 oom=0
Stores : ops=492 run=4525
Ops : pend=47 run=921 enq=4525
Ops : dfr=0 rel=968 gc=0
related syslog messages:
Oct 17 22:23:26 nyx cachefilesd[11412]: About to bind cache
Oct 17 22:23:26 nyx kernel: FS-Cache: Cache "wd_gemini" added (type cachefiles)
Oct 17 22:23:26 nyx kernel: CacheFiles: File cache on dm-2 registered
Oct 17 22:23:26 nyx cachefilesd[11412]: Bound cache
Oct 17 22:23:26 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Daemon Started
Oct 17 22:23:26 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:23:56 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:23:56 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:24:26 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:24:26 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:24:56 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:24:56 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:25:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:25:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:25:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:25:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:26:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:26:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:26:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:26:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:27:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:27:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:27:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:27:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:28:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:28:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:28:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:28:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:29:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:29:27 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:29:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Refilling cull table
Oct 17 22:29:57 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Scan complete
Oct 17 22:30:05 nyx cachefilesd[11414]: Daemon Terminated
Oct 17 22:30:05 nyx kernel: CacheFiles: File cache on dm-2 unregistering
Oct 17 22:30:05 nyx kernel: FS-Cache: Withdrawing cache "wd_gemini"
All feedback wellcome. Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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