Yes, I built it with "disabling bmi-tcp".
I believe, going through the list I found that having both 'tcp' and 
'Infiniband' enabled would affect the performance all together.
Am I right?

Thank you,
Amit
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Schochenmaier [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 11:42 AM
> To: Phil Carns
> Cc: Kumar, Amit H.; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Pvfs2-developers] pvfs2-cli can't identify protocol
>
> All -
>
> I just checked an amd64 server and a ppc client and dont see any of
> the sock entries from above.
> I dont see *any* sock entries from the pvfs2-client process.
> Did you build your IB with the flag for disabling bmi-tcp?  No idea if
> that could be the culprit, but we have that disabled here.
> It doesnt appear to be manifested here in IB.
>
> Kyle Schochenmaier
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Phil Carns <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Ah, Ok.  I didn't realize that you were using infiniband.  Can any IB
> gurus
> > on the list confirm if it is responsible for the extra "sock" entries
> lsof?
> >
> > You can always increase the number of available file descriptors in
> your
> > init script before starting pvfs2-client if you need to ("ulimit -n
> 100000",
> > for example).  That might be all you need to do as long as the number
> of
> > file descriptors isn't growing without bound.
> >
> > -Phil
> >
> > Kumar, Amit H. wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Phil,
> >> I do see other open files, I just did not included it. Of what you
> listed
> >> I don't see anything related to IPV4. May be because I am mounting
> it over
> >> Infiniband. Here it is ...
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  cwd       DIR                8,1     4096
> >> 196609 /root
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  rtd       DIR                8,1     4096
> >>    2 /
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  txt       REG                8,6    46624
> >>  5701636 /opt/pvfs2/sbin/pvfs2-client
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  mem       REG                8,1   130304
> >> 229708 /lib64/ld-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  mem       REG                8,1  1687464
> >> 229709 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  mem       REG                8,1    23360
> >> 229710 /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  mem       REG                8,1   141344
> >> 229714 /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root  mem       REG                8,1   241006
> >>  2392128 /usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1.0.0
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root    0r      CHR                1,3
> >>  1520 /dev/null
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root    1w      CHR                1,3
> >>  1520 /dev/null
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root    2w      CHR                1,3
> >>  1520 /dev/null
> >> pvfs2-cli 14792      root    3w      REG                8,5    43162
> >>  98311 /tmp/pvfs2-client.log (deleted)
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  cwd       DIR                8,1     4096
> >> 196609 /root
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  rtd       DIR                8,1     4096
> >>    2 /
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  txt       REG                8,6  2722000
> >>  5701637 /opt/pvfs2/sbin/pvfs2-client-core
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1   130304
> >> 229708 /lib64/ld-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1  1687464
> >> 229709 /lib64/libc-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1    23360
> >> 229710 /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1   141344
> >> 229714 /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1   241006
> >>  2392128 /usr/lib64/libibverbs.so.1.0.0
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       CHR            231,192
> >>  5658 /dev/infiniband/uverbs0
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1   156563
> >>  1222167 /usr/lib64/libmlx4-rdmav2.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1   173084
> >>  1222165 /usr/lib64/libmthca-rdmav2.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1   118406
> >>  1222169 /usr/lib64/libcxgb3-rdmav2.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1    69644
> >>  1222174 /usr/lib64/libipathverbs-rdmav2.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1    68419
> >>  1222172 /usr/lib64/libnes-rdmav2.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root  mem       REG                8,1    53880
> >> 229404 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    0r      CHR                1,3
> >>  1520 /dev/null
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    1w      CHR                1,3
> >>  1520 /dev/null
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    2w      CHR                1,3
> >>  1520 /dev/null
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    3w      REG                8,5    43162
> >>  98311 /tmp/pvfs2-client.log (deleted)
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    4w      REG                8,5    43162
> >>  98311 /tmp/pvfs2-client.log (deleted)
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    5u      CHR              253,0
> >> 12918 /dev/pvfs2-req
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    6u      CHR            231,192
> >>  5658 /dev/infiniband/uverbs0
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    7r      DIR               0,20        0
> >> 5654 infinibandevent
> >> pvfs2-cli 14793      root    8r      DIR               0,20        0
> >> 5654 infinibandevent
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Amit
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Phil Carns [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Carns
> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 2:25 PM
> >>> To: Kumar, Amit H.
> >>> Cc: 'Rob Ross'; [email protected]
> >>> Subject: Re: [Pvfs2-developers] pvfs2-cli can't identify protocol
> >>>
> >>> Hi Amit,
> >>>
> >>> In your lsof output, do you see any other types of open files from
> >>> pvfs2-client besides "sock"?  The output that you are showing is
> >>> unusual.  Normally everything that pvfs2-client has open will show
> up
> >>> as
> >>> IPV4, REG, CHR, or DIR.
> >>>
> >>> Are you using tcp for PVFS communication?
> >>>
> >>> -Phil
> >>>
> >>> Kumar, Amit H. wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Rob,
> >>>> I am using the latest version available for download (pvfs2-
> v2.7.1)
> >>>> # netstat -tan
> >>>> Active Internet connections (servers and established)
> >>>> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address               Foreign Address
> >>>
> >>> State
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2049                0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:677                 0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:57447               0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:199               0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:8649                0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:938                 0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111                 0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25                0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:953                 0.0.0.0:*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:51598             127.0.0.1:199
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.237:862
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.223:878
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.221:850
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:199               127.0.0.1:51598
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.207:675
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.235:949
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.233:677
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.227:708
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.205:1003
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.243:991
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.213:718
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.249:1023
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.204:814
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.232:776
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.248:896
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.240:916
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:718           172.25.24.100:2049
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.226:950
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.224:698
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.216:751
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.250:963
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.220:1009
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.206:995
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 172.25.24.251:2049          172.25.24.222:976
> >>>
> >>> ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 :::80                       :::*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 :::22                       :::*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 :::443                      :::*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 :::1311                     :::*
> >>>
> >>> LISTEN
> >>>>
> >>>> tcp        0      0 ::ffff:172.25.24.251:22
> >>>
> >>> ::ffff:172.25.24.210:43811  ESTABLISHED
> >>>>
> >>>> Thank you,
> >>>> Amit
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: Rob Ross [mailto:[email protected]]
> >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 5:03 PM
> >>>>> To: Kumar, Amit H.
> >>>>> Cc: [email protected]
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Pvfs2-developers] pvfs2-cli can't identify protocol
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Amit,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What version of PVFS is this?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What does the output of netstat -tan look like?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Rob
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Jan 7, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Kumar, Amit H. wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello All,
> >>>>>> I am trying to understand the following output from "lsof".
> >>>>>> All/most of our compute nodes (pvfs2 clients) have the following
> >>>>>> output as reported by "lsof"
> >>>>>> Few of the pvfs2-client nodes have greater than 1024 open
> sockets
> >>>>>> for just the pvfs2-client process. Current ulimit for maximum
> >>>
> >>> number
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> of open files per process is set to 1024 on all of our computer
> >>>>>> nodes. I see this as a potential performance problem. I was
> >>>>>> wondering if any of you can help me interpret the output and fix
> >>>
> >>> any
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> issues that this could be causing.
> >>>>>> <lsof output>
> >>>>>> ...............
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  121u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574284 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  122u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574285 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  123u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574286 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  124u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574287 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  125u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574288 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  126u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574289 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  127u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574290 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  128u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574291 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  129u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574292 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  130u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574303 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  131u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574304 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  132u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574326 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  133u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574327 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  134u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574328 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  135u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574329 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  136u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574330 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  137u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574331 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  138u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574332 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  139u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574333 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  140u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574334 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  141u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574336 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  142u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574337 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  143u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574338 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  144u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574344 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  145u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574345 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  146u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574346 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> pvfs2-cli 27278      root  147u     sock
> >>>>>> 0,5            13574357 can't identify protocol
> >>>>>> ............
> >>>>>> </lsof output>
> >>>>>> Thank you,
> >>>>>> Amit
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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