IZ55216: DFSSTAT AND PPOL ARE RETURNING INVALID PACKET POOL QUEUE VALUES ON 64 BIT AIX 5.3 KERNEL

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• DFS - dfsstat and ppol are returning invalid packet pool queue
  values on 64 bit AIX 5.3 kernel.  Additional Details on the
  problem:  act_rqe always returns 2000 and act_xqe always returns
  0.  IBM Bromont cell verified they have the same issue when
  running dfsstat -x and verified they get reasonable values from
  the machines with a 32 bit kernel.
  
  [dfs2] /usr/dce/bin #> ./dfsstat64 -x | grep -p "pkt pool"
  rxreq      rxping     rxresp     rxfault    rxworking  rxnocall
  rxrej
  61         0          30         0          0          0
  0
  rxack      rxquit     rxfack     rxquack
  8          0          135        0
     --- pkt pool stats ---
  act_rqe    act_xqe    cur_mem    rtn_mem    pk_mem     rqe_fails
  yields
  2000       0          15         337600     1633485    0
  0
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• omar-kailas-IZ55216-delta-pkt_mutex-type
  

Problem conclusion

• omar-kailas-IZ55216-delta-pkt_mutex-type
  

Temporary fix

• Hi John,
  Please find the changed binaries for dfsstat and dfsstat64 . I
  have added a new field "res" which stands for reservations.
  Below I send the differences in the output with earlier binary
  and new binary.
  
  Old output.
     --- pkt pool stats ---
  act_rqe    act_xqe    cur_mem    rtn_mem    pk_mem     rqe_fails
  yields
  2000          0                 15                  354944
  1633485        0                 0
  
  
  New ouput:
  
     --- pkt pool stats ---
  act_rqe    act_xqe    cur_mem    rtn_mem    pk_mem     rqe_fails
  yields     res
  1                 0                 354944        1633485
  354944          0                0               16
  xqeblks    noresv     ovf_rqe    thtl_xqe   pk_rqe     pk_xqe
  lo_pkts
  0                 0                 0                 0
  11              11                0
  
  Note that since version field was not proper the second line
  wasnt getting printed earlier.
  Please install the following test fix for dfsstat and let us
  know if you are ok with the same.
  Steps.
  
  1)Ftp the following binaries in the bin mode.
  2)chmod +x dfsstat*
  3)Verify the output with the new binaries:dfsstat64 -x|grep -p
  "pkt pool"
  
  
  <dfsstat> <dfsstat64>
  
  
  Sending you the modified header.As mentioned earlier I have just
  changed the following one field in the struct rpc_dg_pkt_pool_t.
  
    long32int64_t           pkt_mutex;
  
  Earlier it was unsigned32.
  

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  DFS 3.1 ON AIX

• Fixed component ID

  5630A2010

Applicable component levels

• R310 PSY

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