Bruce, the following patchset compiles but is not fully tested yet. It is based on top of http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=127288934008791&w=2 Please review. Thanks, Benny [RFC 1/3] nfsd4: use local variable in nfs4svc_encode_compoundres [RFC 2/3] nfsd4: hold a reference on nfs4_client when it is used by a session [RFC 3/3] nfsd4: do not expire nfs41 clients while in use -- 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