Re: race-free exportfs and unmount?

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 02:17:13PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There was a linux-nfs thread in July 2012 with the subject "Linux
> NFS and cached properties".  It discussed the fact that you can't
> reliably do
> 
> exportfs -u 192.168.1.11:/mnt
> umount /mnt
> 
> since there could be rpc users still running when exportfs returns,
> so the umount fails thinking the filesystem is busy.

There could also be clients holding opens, locks, or delegations on the
export.

> I'm running into this on a production system.
> 
> Was anything ever done to resolve this issue?
> If not are there any workarounds?

You can shut down the server completely, unmount, and restart.

What is it you need to do exactly?

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