Re: NFS locking bug

Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
01 Aug 2001 11:53:08 +0200


>>>>> " " == Ragnar Kjørstad <kernel@ragnark.vestdata.no> writes:

> This is what I do:
> * mount NFS filesystem on client1
> * mount NFS filesystem on client2
> * lock file on client1
> * verify that I can not lock the same file on client2
> * reboot the NFS-server
> * When I start statd on the nfs-server, I see the following
> in the logfiles for the clients:

> Jul 31 18:33:55 client rpc.statd[455]: recv_rply: [127.0.0.1]
> RPC status 3 Jul 31 18:33:55 client kernel: svc: unknown
> procedure (24) Jul 31 18:34:01 client kernel: svc: unknown
> procedure (24) Jul 31 18:34:01 client rpc.statd[455]:
> recv_rply: [127.0.0.1] RPC status 3 Jul 31 18:34:07 client
> kernel: svc: unknown procedure (24) Jul 31 18:34:07 client
> rpc.statd[455]: recv_rply: [127.0.0.1] RPC status 3 Jul 31
> 18:34:13 client kernel: svc: unknown procedure (24) Jul 31
> 18:34:13 client rpc.statd[455]: recv_rply: [127.0.0.1] RPC
> status 3 Jul 31 18:34:19 client rpc.statd[455]: Can't
> callback client (100021,1), giving up.

> * I can no lock the file on client2, even if the client1 still thinks
> the file is locked.

> Is this a bug?

The NLM lock reclaiming code in the stock 2.4.x kernel is
incomplete. Please apply the patch on

http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/2.4.7/linux-2.4.7-reclaim.dif

Cheers,
Trond
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