Re: Upgrade to 2.6.24 breaks NFS service

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

(cc linux-nfs)

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:58:03 +0000 Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> wrote:

> I upgraded from 2.6.23.10 to 2.6.24.2 yesterday, and found NFS service
> failing.
> 
> To be specific, all locks were blocking forever, with an endless flood
> of
> 
> Feb 12 22:53:10 loki notice: kernel: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
> Feb 12 22:53:10 loki notice: kernel: lockd: cannot monitor esperi
> Feb 12 22:53:45 loki notice: kernel: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
> Feb 12 22:53:45 loki notice: kernel: lockd: cannot monitor esperi
> Feb 12 22:54:20 loki notice: kernel: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
> Feb 12 22:54:20 loki notice: kernel: lockd: cannot monitor esperi
> Feb 12 22:54:55 loki notice: kernel: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
> Feb 12 22:54:55 loki notice: kernel: lockd: cannot monitor esperi
> Feb 12 22:55:20 esperi notice: kernel: lockd: server loki.wkstn.nix not responding, still trying
> 
> (esperi is a UML instance on the same machine, connected via a bridged
> TUN/TAP interface: the bridge, and network service to esperi and to the
> rest of the local net across that bridge, was fine.)
> 
> I'm currently using NFSv3 atop nfs-utils 1.1.0.33-gdd08789, with daemons
> being started in the suggested order (portmap, mountd, statd
> --no-notify, nfsd). This evening I'm going to try to upgrade to
> nfs-utils HEAD and see if this continues.
>