NFS == lock && reboot

[Thomas David Rivers]

I have found that if I kill rpc.lockd on the NFS server,
most of the NFS issues I have (including a similar lock-up on
6.1-RELEASE) go away.

Just wanted to throw that "out there".


	- Dave Rivers -

> 
> Greetings,
> Does anyone know when NFS and friends will be working again? I haven't 
> been able
> to /safely/ use it from 4.8 on. I remember some talk on the list 
> sometime ago and
> then it seemed to be resolved, as the discussion ended. So I thought it was
> fixed. Seems not. :(
> 
> My scenario;
> mount host off root:
> mount script exec'd follows...
> 
> #!/bin/sh -
> mount -t nfs host.domain.tld:/ /host
> mount -t nfs host.domain.tld:/var /host/var
> 
> confirm mount...
> 
> # ls /host
> .snap    COPYRIGHT    bin
> ...
> usr    var    tmp
> 
> OK looks good...
> 
> # cp /path/to/approx/10Mb/file /host/path/to/dest/dir/
> 
> Fatal double fault
> eis 0x0blah
> eiblah blah0x
> panic double fault
> no dump device defined
> rebooting in 15sec...
> 
> Hmmm... that's not good. :(
> 
> I can't remember all the "ei*" numbers between the Fatal and panic lines,
> BUT I /can/ reproduce this at will - I simply need to copy a file larger
> than a few k to a mounted host. Yes, this /does/ happen /every/ time.
> 
> Any and all help with this will be /GREATLY/ appreciated.
> 
> Thank you for all your time and consideration in this matter.
> 
> --Chris
> 
> 
> -- 
> panic: kernel trap (ignored)
> 
> 
> 
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