Re: NFS client hang in 2.2.15-pre17

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Tue Apr 04 2000 - 17:45:00 EST

Trond Myklebust wrote:
>
> >>>>> " " == Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
>
> > After unsuccessfully trying to copy an ISO from a 2.2.15-pre17
> > SMP box (Dual PII/Asus) to a 2.3.99-pre4-pre3 K6/UP box (Via),
> > I rebooted the K6 box into 2.2.15-pre17.
>
> > In the process, the NFS client on the 2.2.x SMP box got really
> > confused when I typed 'df':
>
> > Apr 4 15:52:49 rum kernel: nfs_statfs: statfs error = 116 Apr 4
>
> error 116 == -ESTALE. This means that the file handle you were using
> against the 2.3.99 server is different from what the 2.2.15 kernel
> understands. This seems like a quite reasonable assumption. Why do you
> assume that it should succeed?

I don't assume it should succeed, but I do assume that it should be
robust against server restart... Maybe it is more related to
automounter than NFS client though.

        Jeff 

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Building 1024            | he has an open mind when he has a
MandrakeSoft, Inc.       | hole in his head.  (-random fortune)

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