> NFS stopped - started logging "RPC: task timed out". A kill -9 of the
> rpciod reported
>
> rpciod_killall: waiting for tasks to exit
> nfs_revalidate_inode: getattr failed, error=-5
> rpciod_killall: waiting for tasks to exit
> rpciod_killall: waiting for tasks to exit
> NFS: can't silly-delete GTK/.nfs3440d3910000000f, error=-5
> rpciod_killall: waiting for tasks to exit
>
> and it all came back to life
I've just sent in patches to provide some RPC task debugging. There seem
to be cases where RPC tasks get stuck, and your "task timed out"
symptoms may be another aspect of the problem. Once the debugging code
is in place, please try to dump the RPC task list if you see this
problem again.
Regards,
Bill