On Thu, 2008-04-10 at 21:51 +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > Another infinite loop, this one involving both client and server. > > Basically what happens is that on the server nlm_fopen() calls > nfsd_open() which returns -EACCES, to which nlm_fopen() returns > NLM_LCK_DENIED. > > On the client this will turn into a -EAGAIN (nlm_stat_to_errno()), > which in will cause fcntl_setlk() to retry forever. > > I _think_ the solution is to turn NLM_LCK_DENIED into ENOLCK for > blocking locks, as NLM_LCK_BLOCKED is for the contended case. For > testing the lock leave NLM_LCK_DENIED as EAGAIN. That still could be > misleading, but at least there's no infinite loop in that case. > > I've minimally tested this patch to verify that it cures the lockup, > and that simple blocking locks keep working. > > Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> > --- > fs/lockd/clntproc.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > Index: linux/fs/lockd/clntproc.c > =================================================================== > --- linux.orig/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2008-04-02 13:34:57.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux/fs/lockd/clntproc.c 2008-04-10 21:23:46.000000000 +0200 > @@ -536,6 +536,9 @@ again: > up_read(&host->h_rwsem); > } > status = nlm_stat_to_errno(resp->status); > + /* Don't return EAGAIN, as that would make fcntl_setlk() loop */ > + if (status == -EAGAIN) > + status = -ENOLCK; > out_unblock: > nlmclnt_finish_block(block); > /* Cancel the blocked request if it is still pending */ Wait. There is something really weird going on here. According to the spec, LCK_DENIED means 'the request failed' (i.e. ENOLCK is definitely correct) OTOH, LCK_DENIED_NOLOCKS and LCK_DENIED_GRACE_PERIOD are both temporary failures, the first because the server had a resource problem, and the second because the server rebooted and is in the grace period (i.e. EAGAIN would appear to be more appropriate). See http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9629799/chap10.htm#tagcjh_11_02_02_02 AFAICS, the correct thing to do is to fix nlm_stat_to_errno() by swapping the return values for NLM_LCK_DENIED and NLM_LCK_DENIED_NOLOCKS/NLM_LCK_DENIED_GRACE_PERIOD. The problem is that there appears to be a similar confusion on the Linux server side in nlmsvc_lock(). :-( -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
