Hello, The expire_time_attr is set by mdcache_new_entry() and is copied from either FSAL attrs or op_ctx->export_perms->expire_time_attr. For root of the export, I see this as zero. I think it is because the root handle is created through lookup_path() and op_ctx is initialized through init_root_op_context which doesn't set export_perms.expire_time_attr. The zero expire_time_attr causes every getattr to go to FSAL. Since getattr is called from several places, this ends up increasing the path length of the call (for ex: READDIR under export root). What is the right fix for this? Initializing in init_root_op_context() OR let FSAL to return a non-zero value? #0 mdcache_new_entry (export=export@entry=0x555555766ea0, sub_handle=0x555555764c50, attrs_in=attrs_in@entry=0x7fffffffdda0, attrs_out=attrs_out@entry=0x0, new_directory=new_directory@entry=false, entry=entry@entry=0x7fffffffdd98, state=0x0, reason=MDC_REASON_DEFAULT) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/FSAL/Stackable_FSALs/FSAL_MDCACHE/mdcache_helpers.c:664 #1 0x00007ffff7b1ac76 in mdcache_lookup_path (exp_hdl=0x555555766ea0, path=0x555555767470 "/nfsroot", handle=0x7fffffffdee8, attrs_out=0x0) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/FSAL/Stackable_FSALs/FSAL_MDCACHE/mdcache_handle.c:1566 #2 0x00007ffff7aab25c in init_export_root (export=export@entry=0x555555766368) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/support/exports.c:2321 #3 0x00007ffff7aacce5 in init_export_cb (exp=0x555555766368, state=0x7fffffffe0b0) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/support/exports.c:2185 #4 0x00007ffff7ac0b44 in foreach_gsh_export (cb=cb@entry=0x7ffff7aaccd0 <init_export_cb>, wrlock=wrlock@entry=true, state=state@entry=0x7fffffffe0b0) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/support/export_mgr.c:784 #5 0x00007ffff7aaaf3a in exports_pkginit () at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/support/exports.c:2204 #6 0x00007ffff7a382f5 in nfs_Init (p_start_info=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/MainNFSD/nfs_init.c:644 #7 0x00007ffff7a39c1b in nfs_start (p_start_info=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/MainNFSD/nfs_init.c:925 #8 0x00005555555565a9 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/nfs-ganesha-3.2-1.el8.x86_64/src/MainNFSD/nfs_main.c:519 (gdb) p *op_ctx $1 = {creds = 0x7fffffffdfe8, original_creds = {caller_uid = 0, caller_gid = 0, caller_glen = 0, caller_garray = 0x0}, caller_gdata = 0x0, caller_garray_copy = 0x0, managed_garray_copy = 0x0, cred_flags = 0, caller_addr = 0x0, clientid = 0x0, nfs_vers = 0, nfs_minorvers = 0, req_type = 0, client = 0x0, ctx_export = 0x555555766368, fsal_export = 0x555555766ea0, export_perms = 0x7fffffffe000, start_time = 0, fsal_private = 0x0, fsal_module = 0x7ffff7dc0100 <MDCACHE>, fsal_pnfs_ds = 0x0} (gdb) p *op_ctx->export_perms $2 = {anonymous_uid = 0, anonymous_gid = 0, expire_time_attr = 0, options = 124908000, set = 124908031}