Re: NFS module weirdness

Mike Bristow (mike@shivan.demon.co.uk)
6 Dec 1996 19:31:12 GMT

In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961205173114.509A-100000@norwood.gc.cuny.edu>,
"Alexander G. Stavitsky" <stalex@norwood.gc.cuny.edu> writes:
>
>
>NFS module behavior is very strange. Once loaded it registers as
>being used by 4 programs, when it is not used at all. When I actually
>mount nfs partition it shows Used by: 5.
>Because of that kerneld doesn't unload unused nfs.o and it is impossible
>to "rmmod" or "modprobe -r" it.
>
>Am I missing something or is this a bug?
>
It's being used by 4 copies of nfsiod; and once for the mount:

shivan:~> ps -aux | grep \[n\]fsio
root 202 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod)
root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod)
root 204 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod)
root 205 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod)

I have to admit I don't know what nfsiod does - I guess it's a kernel
daemon that deals with caching for nfs. Or something.

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