From: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz-BP4nVm5VUdNhbmWW9KSYcQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
ap-SDpCatL+S6WaMJb+Lgu22Q@public.gmane.org,
'linux-cifs' <linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: kernel 3.1.1 - cifs issue - ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot allocate memory
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:28:14 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EC334D6.9020208@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004b01cca3cc$932e4240$b98ac6c0$@lucidpixels.com>
On 11/16/2011 12:57 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suresh Jayaraman [mailto:sjayaraman-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:33 AM
> To: Justin Piszcz
> Cc: linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org; ap-SDpCatL+S6WaMJb+Lgu22Q@public.gmane.org; linux-cifs
> Subject: Re: kernel 3.1.1 - cifs issue - ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot
> allocate memory
>
> [Cc linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org]
>
> On 11/15/2011 12:34 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> CIFS "works" when I mount a Windows 7 host from my Linux host
> (3.1.1-x86_64)
>> but if I turn my machine off (Windows) and turn it back on, I get the
>> following error, is this normal? With NFS as a hardmount it just recovers,
>> with CIFS do I need to setup some sort of canary to unmount/remount?
>>
>> $ ls /cifs_mnt
>> ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot allocate memory
>>
>
> This looks like a problem specific to Windows 7 or above. Quick tests on
> my test machines shows that cifs attempts to connect, times out,
> attempts to reconnect and gets -EHOSTUNREACH in case of both Windows
> Servers and Samba Servers. This is the expected behavior.
>
> OTOH, this sounds like a problem related to an error due to the Windows
> server being unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool (seen in
> the past). Do you see anything that is related to the error in Windows
> Event viewer?
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, you are correct--
>
> The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the
> server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations.
>
Ah, ok. In case if you have not figured out how to overcome this
problem, take a look at
http://alan.lamielle.net/2009/09/03/windows-7-nonpaged-pool-srv-error-2017
- Suresh
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From: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.com>
To: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ap@solarrain.com,
"'linux-cifs'" <linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel 3.1.1 - cifs issue - ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot allocate memory
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:28:14 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EC334D6.9020208@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <004b01cca3cc$932e4240$b98ac6c0$@lucidpixels.com>
On 11/16/2011 12:57 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suresh Jayaraman [mailto:sjayaraman@suse.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 8:33 AM
> To: Justin Piszcz
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; ap@solarrain.com; linux-cifs
> Subject: Re: kernel 3.1.1 - cifs issue - ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot
> allocate memory
>
> [Cc linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org]
>
> On 11/15/2011 12:34 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> CIFS "works" when I mount a Windows 7 host from my Linux host
> (3.1.1-x86_64)
>> but if I turn my machine off (Windows) and turn it back on, I get the
>> following error, is this normal? With NFS as a hardmount it just recovers,
>> with CIFS do I need to setup some sort of canary to unmount/remount?
>>
>> $ ls /cifs_mnt
>> ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot allocate memory
>>
>
> This looks like a problem specific to Windows 7 or above. Quick tests on
> my test machines shows that cifs attempts to connect, times out,
> attempts to reconnect and gets -EHOSTUNREACH in case of both Windows
> Servers and Samba Servers. This is the expected behavior.
>
> OTOH, this sounds like a problem related to an error due to the Windows
> server being unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool (seen in
> the past). Do you see anything that is related to the error in Windows
> Event viewer?
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, you are correct--
>
> The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the
> server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations.
>
Ah, ok. In case if you have not figured out how to overcome this
problem, take a look at
http://alan.lamielle.net/2009/09/03/windows-7-nonpaged-pool-srv-error-2017
- Suresh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-16 3:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-14 19:04 kernel 3.1.1 - cifs issue - ls: cannot access /cifs_mnt: Cannot allocate memory Justin Piszcz
2011-11-14 19:43 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-11-15 13:32 ` Suresh Jayaraman
2011-11-15 13:32 ` Suresh Jayaraman
[not found] ` <4EC269FC.1060104-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
2011-11-15 19:27 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-11-15 19:27 ` Justin Piszcz
2011-11-16 3:58 ` Suresh Jayaraman [this message]
2011-11-16 3:58 ` Suresh Jayaraman
2012-09-21 23:05 ` David Balažic
[not found] ` <CAH2r5msw6r9N2WQAVX+iHGMy++=wp4qUU1k_F+N93xLsZ9i1zg@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CAH2r5msw6r9N2WQAVX+iHGMy++=wp4qUU1k_F+N93xLsZ9i1zg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-09-22 0:03 ` Steve French
2012-09-23 16:02 ` David Balažic
[not found] ` <CAPJ9Yc-FKLzH_BK++iL4uV59gy-dVCDGYs=ZFfsJVimWfGKdbw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-09-24 0:02 ` Jeff Layton
2012-09-24 0:03 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <CAH2r5msLRvtFOzEVR3g8Tq+j+k9D4SurBPOeez=DOL7d3_uTDg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2012-09-24 10:39 ` David Balažic
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