From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
To: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever-MouhYhfBpPxXrIkS9f7CXA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mount: ECONNREFUSED is a permanent error
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:16:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ACF37C2.6030208@RedHat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091008173703.12619.35788.stgit-RytpoXr2tKZ9HhUboXbp9zCvJB+x5qRC@public.gmane.org>
On 10/08/2009 01:37 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
> I had assumed early on that mount.nfs should retry a refused connection.
>
> Apparently this is not the case. Legacy mount.nfs4 fails immediately
> if the NFS server refuses the connection. Legacy mount.nfs and
> text-based mount.nfs both fail immediately if the rpcbind service is
> refusing connections.
>
What about if the server is on the way up (i.e the network is up)
but has not started the NFS service? In that window, the server will
return ECONNREFUSED since nobody is listening, but in a very short time
there will be a listener... The mount should not fail in that case...
steved.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-09 13:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-08 17:36 [PATCH 0/2] Two minor bug fixes Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <20091008173520.12619.10662.stgit-RytpoXr2tKZ9HhUboXbp9zCvJB+x5qRC@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-08 17:37 ` [PATCH 1/2] mount: ECONNREFUSED is a permanent error Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <20091008173703.12619.35788.stgit-RytpoXr2tKZ9HhUboXbp9zCvJB+x5qRC@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-09 13:16 ` Steve Dickson [this message]
[not found] ` <4ACF37C2.6030208-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-09 15:13 ` Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <DDBA069F-E9B8-4BE3-B13C-2B69406C3C9A-MouhYhfBpPxXrIkS9f7CXA@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-09 15:20 ` Steve Dickson
[not found] ` <4ACF54B4.9020900-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-09 15:45 ` Chuck Lever
2009-10-09 16:33 ` Ian Kent
2009-11-16 18:13 ` Steve Dickson
[not found] ` <4B019664.3020002-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-16 18:16 ` Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <E5331E4C-EE5B-4C60-9330-1B81F2FA065B-MouhYhfBpPxXrIkS9f7CXA@public.gmane.org>
2009-11-16 19:47 ` Steve Dickson
2009-10-08 17:37 ` [PATCH 2/2] mount.nfs: Assume v2/v3 if mount-related options are present Chuck Lever
[not found] ` <20091008173712.12619.45807.stgit-RytpoXr2tKZ9HhUboXbp9zCvJB+x5qRC@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-08 17:45 ` Trond Myklebust
[not found] ` <1255023929.11961.7.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-08 17:51 ` Chuck Lever
2009-10-09 13:29 ` Steve Dickson
[not found] ` <4ACF3AD1.2080802-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-09 15:03 ` Chuck Lever
2009-10-09 15:12 ` Steve Dickson
[not found] ` <4ACF52E2.6060501-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-10-09 15:18 ` Chuck Lever
2009-11-16 17:54 ` Steve Dickson
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