Re: 2.2.17pre15/16 NFS SMP lockup

From: Marcelo Tosatti (marcelo@conectiva.com.br)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 08:18:12 EST


On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Wade Hampton wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I have a new VA system and loaded 2.2.17pre. When I
> try to access directories or some files from my
> very stable NFS server, my system hangs hard.
> The server is RH 5.0 with patches to 5.2, 2.0.33,
> uptime 450+ days. Following the hang, I have
> no mouse, no keyboard, no magic sys req keys, etc.
> This seems to be similar to a problem I was
> having with earlier 2.2.x kernels (x=5-12) --
> maybe last fall (seemed to be NFS related).
>
> I know the old server's NFS is sort of broken,
> but it is very stable. Use of it should not
> hang my workstation.

Please try to apply the NMI oopser patch and recompile your kernel so we
may get some useful information about your crash.

You can get it at
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/NMI-watchdog-patches/NMI-oopser-2.2.15-A0

It applies cleanly against 2.2.17pre16.

Thanks

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