[Samba] nmbd eats cpu for breakfast after upgrade from 3.5 to 3.6

Jeremy Allison jra at samba.org
Wed Apr 18 17:59:03 MDT 2012


On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:56:52AM +0300, Ander Punnar wrote:
> On 17 April 2012 20:19, Jeremy Allison <jra at samba.org> wrote:
> > What does strace -p <nmb-pid> say ?
> 
> Nothing interesting:
> http://pastebin.com/93HUQ0Tp
> 
> In nmbd log there are lots of following lines:
> http://pastebin.com/ENhvFqdx
> 
> Looks like lots of machines ask about WPAD.
> 
> But then I noticed following lines:
> process_local_master_announce: Server MMC-NAS-COPY at IP 172.21.0.13
> is announcing itself as a local master browser for workgroup KHK and
> we think we are master. Forcing election.
> Samba name server DC has stopped being a local master browser for
> workgroup KHK on subnet 172.21.0.2
> 
> Looks like our iomega nas box wants to become local master browser.
> This shouldn't happen, right?
> In normal circumstances Samba should always win?
> 
> I changed smb.conf:
> os level = 65
> (was default, 20, before).
> Let's see what happens.

Looks like it's genuinely busy to me.


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