Hi, This problem (NFS readdirplus bug) should be fixed in the upstream kernel as well as FC-6. Its due to NFS' readdirplus calling the vfs stat function (gfs2_getattr) for the '.' directory from readdir's filldir callback. As a result it tried to lock the directory twice which triggers the recursive locking check. The URL of the fix is: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=dcf3dd852f554bb0016aa23892596717cc123a26 Please let me know if that doesn't cure the problem, Steve. -- Linux-cluster mailing list Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster