See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820707 We're using nfs4/krb5 mounts via autofs (although I get the same result without autofs and mounting the directory directly): earth:/export/home/orion on /home/orion type nfs4 (rw,noatime,vers=4,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,namlen=255,acregmin=1,acregmax=1, acdirmin=1,acdirmax=1,hard,proto=tcp,port=0,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=krb5, clientaddr=10.10.30.4,minorversion=0,local_lock=none,addr=10.10.10.1) If the network is disconnected it is impossible to unmount, even if no processes are accessing the mount. umount -f and umount -l both hang on readlink("/home/orion"). At this point it is impossible to shutdown cleanly and you must hold the power button down until the machine powers off. I can unmount non-krb5 nfs4/nfs3 mounts just fine. I tried running rpc.gssd and nfsidmap with -vvv but nothing else showed up in the log. Sometimes get: May 10 12:00:10 makani kernel: [ 2018.272071] nfs: server earth not responding, still trying but that's it. I can exit umount -l with ctrl-c. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): nfs-utils-1.2.5-15.fc17.x86_64 3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. mount nfs4 sec=krb5 mount 2. pull network 3. umount -l <mount> Actual results: umount -l hangs Expected results: umount succeeds, perhaps with delay. -- 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