On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 05:23:04PM -0700, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > On 10/27/2011 01:34 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > We need to test it, but I think you're probably correct, > > 6577aac01f00636c16cd583c30bd4dedf18475d5 "nfsd4: fix failure to end > > nfsd4 grace period" should have been tagged for stable. Does that also > > require any previous patches? (E.g. > > 48483bf23a568f3ef4cc7ad2c8f1a082f10ad0e7 "nfsd4: simplify recovery dir > > setting"?) > > > > right, and all for that dmesg print. But yes! > > Well the 3.1 Kernel without them gets stuck. I guess you need to experiment > with what would be the minimal patchset needed for 3.1 . > > Tell me if you need help testing that the damage has gone. But basically I have > a script (4 years old) that does: > server: service nfs stop/start > client: mount > back to back, The client gets stuck forever. You and I are pretty sure those patches are needed, and fix the problem. But it would probably be a good idea, to make sure. Would you mind passing both along to stable@xxxxxxxxxx? Cc: me and I'll ack them. --b. -- 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