From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from natasha.panasas.com ([67.152.220.90]:34134 "EHLO natasha.panasas.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750996Ab1J1AXV (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:23:21 -0400 Message-ID: <4EA9F5E8.6060900@panasas.com> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:23:04 -0700 From: Boaz Harrosh MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "J. Bruce Fields" CC: Linus Torvalds , , Subject: Re: nfsd (and lock) changes for 3.2 References: <20111025121924.GA15662@fieldses.org> <4EA77B78.6080706@panasas.com> <20111027203412.GB31669@fieldses.org> In-Reply-To: <20111027203412.GB31669@fieldses.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/27/2011 01:34 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 08:16:08PM -0700, Boaz Harrosh wrote: >> On 10/25/2011 05:19 AM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: >>> Boaz Harrosh (1): >>> nfsd4: fix failure to end nfsd4 grace period >>> >> >> Bruce hi. >> >> As I recall this failure I have experienced in early stages of the >> 3.1-rcX series. I admit that I always run with Benny's pnfs tree, >> but I do not think it is patches that Benny added from the 3.2 set >> I think it is breakage introduced by the 3.1 merge window. >> >> Therefor I think that this patch must be sent to Stable@ otherwise >> surly 3.1 Kernel users are to hit it. (You can escapee it) > > We need to test it, but I think you're probably correct, > 6577aac01f00636c16cd583c30bd4dedf18475d5 "nfsd4: fix failure to end > nfsd4 grace period" should have been tagged for stable. Does that also > require any previous patches? (E.g. > 48483bf23a568f3ef4cc7ad2c8f1a082f10ad0e7 "nfsd4: simplify recovery dir > setting"?) > right, and all for that dmesg print. But yes! Well the 3.1 Kernel without them gets stuck. I guess you need to experiment with what would be the minimal patchset needed for 3.1 . Tell me if you need help testing that the damage has gone. But basically I have a script (4 years old) that does: server: service nfs stop/start client: mount back to back, The client gets stuck forever. > --b. Thanks Boaz