2012/11/7 Martín Cigorraga <msx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Jack Wang <jack.wang.usish@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Anyone who can kindly give some suggestion? or we just put question to >> the wrong list? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Jack >> >> 2012/11/1 dahai_tian <dahai_tian@xxxxxxxxx>: >> > Hi all: >> > I mount a local directory to a nfs server. When nfs server is >> > stopped >> > for some accidental cause, I try to umount the mount point, the umount >> > command will hang and 'time out' messages are continually printed in the >> > terminal. How can I avoid hanging in this case? BTW, This issue does not >> > exist when I changed nfs version from 4 to 3. >> > Look forward to your response, thanks! > > Hi Jack, use the -l (lazy) switch: > # umount -l {your mounted nfs share} > > Also, I wouldn't recommend 'just to kill' the NFS proces(ses) as it (them) > may leave shared memory a mess. > (And I would like to see how do you make to mount any NFS share again > without booting) Thanks Martin for kindly help. umount -l did work, but why nfsv3 do not have this problem? Jack -- 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