From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mailout0.thls.bbc.co.uk ([132.185.240.35]:35557 "EHLO mailout0.thls.bbc.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932323Ab1J2S3a (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:29:30 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:29:06 +0000 From: David Flynn To: "Myklebust, Trond" Cc: Chuck Lever , David Flynn , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NFS4ERR_STALE_CLIENTID loop Message-ID: <20111029182906.GD2011@rd.bbc.co.uk> References: <1319463165.2734.1.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20111024145027.GF32587@rd.bbc.co.uk> <1319470302.2734.4.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20111027221742.GI32587@rd.bbc.co.uk> <20111029002500.GA2011@rd.bbc.co.uk> <1319909376.2760.11.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20111029180227.GC2011@rd.bbc.co.uk> <2E1EB2CF9ED1CB4AA966F0EB76EAB4430BDE7475@SACMVEXC2-PRD.hq.netapp.com> <3B165534-0846-4290-AB12-91E06FD8ED11@oracle.com> <2E1EB2CF9ED1CB4AA966F0EB76EAB4430BDE7476@SACMVEXC2-PRD.hq.netapp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <2E1EB2CF9ED1CB4AA966F0EB76EAB4430BDE7476@SACMVEXC2-PRD.hq.netapp.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: * Myklebust, Trond (Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com) wrote: > No. Not in this case: the state manager was doing RENEW, then exiting > because it was told all is A_OK by the server. > The open() system call would be the one that was looping. Sometimes it worked, somtimes not. From memory: - kill -9 worked in situations that suffered from NFS4ERR_STALE_CLIENTID - kill -9 failed in situations that suffered from BAD_STATEID ..david