Re: 2.6.24-rc3-git4 NFS crossmnt regression

Andrew Morton
2007-12-07T12:03:18Z

On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 23:45:58 -0500 Shane <gnome42@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The NFS crossmnt/nohide feature has been working beautifully
> in 2.6.23. NFS in general has been really good in 2.6.23. Thanks!
>
> However, starting in 2.6.24-rc3-git4, I immediately get 'NFS Stale
> file handle' messages for any accesses to the NFS crossmnt'ed
> volumes. Regular NFS mounts are fine but the crossmnt'ed
> subdirs return only that error message.
>
> 2.6.24-rc3-git1 is last known good kernel. The problem also exists
> with the latest snap 2.6.24-rc4-git4. NFS server is 2.6.23-rc9 and
> is unchanged.

hm, there have been no nfs changes since 2.6.24-rc4.

> It is easily reproducible here, hopefully for the person who
> knows how to debug it too :)
>

I guess a full set of the commands which you typed to reproduce this would
help.

Rafael, please add to the post-2.6.23 regression list? (If there's any
room left).

Thanks.