It happened again. tail -f died with the usual stack trace: > [<c010562a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30 > [<c01056fa>] show_stack_log_lvl+0x9a/0xc0 > [<c01058a8>] show_registers+0xc8/0x1d0 > [<c0105b1c>] die+0x10c/0x230 > [<c0105cd1>] do_trap+0x91/0xd0 > [<c0105f79>] do_invalid_op+0x89/0xa0 > [<c05bba62>] error_code+0x72/0x80 > [<c01fdf55>] nfs_readpage_async+0xb5/0x1b0 > [<c01fe94e>] nfs_readpage+0xae/0x120 > [<c01552b8>] do_generic_mapping_read+0xe8/0x440 > [<c0155900>] generic_file_aio_read+0x160/0x190 > [<c01f5037>] nfs_file_read+0x97/0xe0 > [<c0179647>] do_sync_read+0xc7/0x120 > [<c0179724>] vfs_read+0x84/0x130 > [<c0179a5d>] sys_read+0x3d/0x70 > [<c0104292>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb And this is the trace of the writer, now stuck in state D (using echo t >/proc/sysrq-trigger): > [<c05b9d4e>] io_schedule+0x1e/0x30 > [<c0154465>] sync_page+0x35/0x60 > [<c05b9fc9>] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x49/0x70 > [<c0154cd5>] __lock_page+0x85/0xa0 > [<c0154e62>] find_lock_page+0x62/0xa0 > [<c0156a5c>] __grab_cache_page+0x1c/0xb0 > [<c01f5258>] nfs_write_begin+0x18/0x60 > [<c0156ebe>] generic_perform_write+0x9e/0x180 > [<c0157007>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x67/0x110 > [<c01572f7>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x247/0x560 > [<c015774c>] generic_file_aio_write+0x5c/0xd0 > [<c01f55d7>] nfs_file_write+0xa7/0x150 > [<c0179897>] do_sync_write+0xc7/0x120 > [<c0179977>] vfs_write+0x87/0x130 > [<c0179acd>] sys_write+0x3d/0x70 > [<c0104292>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb The file is not mmap()'ed, at least not by reader or writer in userland. -- Frank -- 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