From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265488AbTIJShg (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:37:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265489AbTIJShf (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:37:35 -0400 Received: from vlothuizen.xs4all.nl ([213.84.237.248]:52192 "EHLO zeus.vlothuizen.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265488AbTIJShe (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 14:37:34 -0400 Message-ID: <3F5F6F69.CD851A2F@vlothuizen.nl> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:37:29 +0200 From: Wouter Vlothuizen X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.20 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joshua Weage CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NFS client problems in 2.4.18 to 2.4.20 References: <20030906162949.27200.qmail@web40405.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joshua Weage wrote: > > has stopped working? I've looked at nfsstat and the kernel seems to > have stopped sending any data to the server, or it may send one packet > every couple of seconds. If I start up another shell and try to do an > ls on the problem filesystem, the command locks up and can't be > interrupted. I think I've also mounted the same filesystem in another > location, on the same machine, and it works fine. > I am experiencing similar problems with 2.4.18 as a client (the NFS server is on Solaris). When the client freezes I see nfsstat 'client rpc retrans' counting fast. I found a quite strange way to unlock the machine, by performing a port scan with nmap from elsewhere. BTW, which Gigabit ethernet do you use, I use tg3, there could be a relation to the network card? Cheers, Wouter