Re: Linux 2.2 client trouble after 2.4.18 server reboot

[James Pearson <james-p@moving-picture.com>]

Have a look through the archives of this list at:

 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-nfs&r=1&w=2

It could be similar to the problem reported in thread:

 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-nfs&m=101796943306978&w=2

James Pearson

Jonathan Woithe wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> [Please CC me replies since I'm not subscribed to this list]
> 
> Recently I upgraded our NFS server to Linux 2.4.18.  This server provides
> exported home directories for our user Linux boxes which are currently
> running 2.2.19.
> 
> Most of the time everything seems to be going well.  However, if the server
> is rebooted the clients seem unable to restore the NFS connection to a
> usable state.  The logs note the server becoming unavailable and then
> following the reboot they note that the server is now "ok".  However, any
> attempt to then access the mounted volumes is greeted with a "permission
> denied" error.  Even root can't access the drives.
> 
> If the NFS volumes are unmounted and remounted the problem (predictably)
> goes away.  Of course such an unmount can't occur until people have logged
> off, which makes it a little cumbersome.
> 
> The exported directory on the server is a ReiserFS filesystem, exported with
> only "rw" options.  The client mounts with "hard,intr,bg" options.  NFSv3
> support is not compiled in on the 2.2.19 clients.  The server is a default
> slackware configuration (from the point of view of NFS):
>   CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
>   CONFIG_NFS_V3=y
>   # CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
>   CONFIG_NFSD=m
>   CONFIG_NFSD_V3=y
>   CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
>   CONFIG_LOCKD=y
>   CONFIG_LOCKD_V4=y
> The server also has the lockd oops fix from Trond.
> 
> I would appreciate any pointers to ways to stop this from happening.
> Requiring that all users log out before a server reboot is rather
> inconvenient.
> 
> Best regards
>   jonathan
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