[Samba] clients open/close files thousands of times

Ryan Taylor rtaylor82 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 17 20:25:32 GMT 2006 

According to the samba logs, every type of file opened gets opened and
closed dozens of times a second.  Filling up the with open and closes
everyday, one user with 60,000 pairs of open/close statements in less than
one day.  It seems to happen in different degrees of severity to different
users... Samba 3.0.20c kernel: 2.6.9-22.0.2  Here is an example:

[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=No
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/open.c:open_file(350)
  rylie opened file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg read=Yes
write=No (numopen=14)
[2006/03/17 11:55:29, 2] smbd/close.c:close_normal_file(308)
  rylie closed file USER/USTA50/MATERIAL/PATTERN/BACKGRND/Sky2.jpg
(numopen=13)

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

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Ryan Taylor
Micro Consultants
770-789-2072
rtaylor82 at gmail.com
"Until I see everything working right, I will be apprehensive."  Pamela
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