Re: Patch for 2.1.57 lockd -- please test!

Gary White (gary@netpathway.com)
Thu, 02 Oct 1997 09:47:51 -0500

> The messages indicate that the lockd process was somehow hung and failed
> to respond to the kill signal. The "clearing pid" message just means
> that the slot has been cleared so that a new lockd can be created by the
> next mount. If the lockd process refuses to exit, lockd_down is pretty
> much forced to clear the slot; otherwise no future mount would get a
> lockd.

Did a little more checking and found out that the hung lockd started
sometime
after kernel 2.1.55. Running Universal NFS Version 2.2Beta25 or
2.2Beta29
on a machime with the 2.1.55 kernel, all lockd process end with each
umount
as they should. Load average also remains normal.

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