RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out.

RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out.

[Steve Dickson]

Hello,

commit 4edaa308888b4bd629fa025cc6d5b2bf1a2a51db
Author: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Date:   Sat Mar 16 15:56:20 2013 -0400

    NFS: Use "krb5i" to establish NFSv4 state whenever possible

Introduced a hard code call to nfs_create_rpc_client(RPC_AUTH_GSS_KRB5I)
in nfs4_init_client() which means if rpc.gssd is not running the mount 
hangs for a bit logs the "RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out" and then tries 
nfs_create_rpc_client(RPC_AUTH_NULL) allowing the mount to succeed.

Is this a known "feature"? 

steved.
 

Re: RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out.

[Chuck Lever]

On May 9, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> commit 4edaa308888b4bd629fa025cc6d5b2bf1a2a51db
> Author: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
> Date:   Sat Mar 16 15:56:20 2013 -0400
> 
>    NFS: Use "krb5i" to establish NFSv4 state whenever possible
> 
> Introduced a hard code call to nfs_create_rpc_client(RPC_AUTH_GSS_KRB5I)
> in nfs4_init_client() which means if rpc.gssd is not running the mount 
> hangs for a bit logs the "RPC: AUTH_GSS upcall timed out" and then tries 
> nfs_create_rpc_client(RPC_AUTH_NULL) allowing the mount to succeed.
> 
> Is this a known "feature"? 

Read the archives, we've been working on a fix for the past few days.

This commit fixes a regression, so it would be just as hard to revert as to fix the upcall.



> 
> steved.
> 
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