From: "Sven Köhler" <skoehler@upb.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: why do i get "Stale NFS file handle" for hours?
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 03:06:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <chdp06$e56$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
Hi,
i think i know what's going an, and why i get the "stale nfs handle"
error-message when the NFS server is restartet (real reboot, or a simply
/etc/init.d/nfs restart) but what i don't understand is, why the NFS
client doesn't "remount" the filesystem autmatically. In case of NFS
over tcp, the NFS client could easily detect a restart of the NFS server
(the tcp-connection was aborted) or are there other factors that keep
the NFS client from recognizing such stuff?
The scenaria that made me writing this, is that i'm setting up an NFS
server at my college right now. It will export a directory to many
clients where i don't have root-access. The NFS-directories are mounted
by the clients via automounter, and if i restart my Server for any
reason, i will get the "stale nfs handle" for hours. The kernel does
neither remount nor unmount the directory, and the automounter simply
doesn't unmount it too. It keeps mounted, and that will cause me
troubles for hours.
Were that any thought on that subject here or in any other mailinglist?
Is there any chance, that this might be improved in the future somehow?
Thx
Sven
next reply other threads:[~2004-09-05 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-05 1:06 Sven Köhler [this message]
2004-09-05 1:39 ` why do i get "Stale NFS file handle" for hours? Trond Myklebust
2004-09-05 1:51 ` Sven Köhler
2004-09-05 2:02 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-09-05 2:23 ` Sven Köhler
2004-09-05 3:01 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-09-05 8:17 ` Tim Connors
2004-09-05 8:59 ` Florian Weimer
2004-09-05 9:02 ` Tim Connors
2004-09-05 16:20 ` Mike Jagdis
2004-09-06 1:32 ` Tim Connors
2004-09-05 13:18 ` Sven Köhler
2004-09-05 20:10 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-09-06 7:47 ` Kalin KOZHUHAROV
2004-09-06 9:57 ` David Woodhouse
2004-09-06 15:59 ` Trond Myklebust
2004-09-07 0:55 ` [NFS] " Greg Banks
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