Hi to all, I have to add informations to help me solve the problem... Tomorrow morning I better investigate and noticed that hang is followed by this messages on /var/log/messages and on console. This is the commands I execute on the client: echo 32767 > /proc/sys/sunrpc/rpc_debug echo 65535 > /proc/sys/sunrpc/nfs_debug mount -o rdma,port=20049 ib-newton-fe:/data /mnt client hangs with this message: .... .... Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: Registered rdma transport module. Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPCRDMA Module Init, register RPC RDMA transport Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Defaults: Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Slots 32 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: MaxInlineRead 1024 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: MaxInlineWrite 1024 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Padding 0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Memreg 5 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'port=20049' Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'vers=4' Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=172.16.1.2' Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'clientaddr=172.16.2.7' Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: NFS: MNTPATH: '/data' Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: --> nfs4_try_mount() Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: --> nfs4_create_server() Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: --> nfs4_init_server() Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: --> nfs4_set_client() Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: --> nfs_get_client(ib-newton-fe,v4) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: looking up machine cred for service * Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: NFS: get client cookie (0xffff88206626d400/0xffff8820653615a0) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: xprt_setup_rdma: 172.16.1.2:20049 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: rpcrdma_ia_open: FRMR registration not supported by HCA Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: rpcrdma_ia_open: memory registration strategy is 4 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: rpcrdma_ep_create: requested max: dtos: send 32 recv 32; iovs: send 2 recv 1 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: rpcrdma_buffer_create: wlen = 8192, rlen = 4096 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: rpcrdma_buffer_create: max_requests 32 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: created transport ffff88205b5a4000 with 32 slots Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: creating nfs client for ib -newton-fe (xprt ffff88205b5a4000) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: creating UNIX authenticator for client ffff882067c5b600 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: new task initialized, procpid 4948 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: allocated task ffff882041f01e80 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: 566 __rpc_execute flags=0x680 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: 566 call_start nfs4 proc NULL (sync) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RPC: 566 call_reserve (status 0) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: IP: [<(null)>] (null) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: PGD 0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: last sysfs file: /sys/module/sunrpc/initstate Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: CPU 14 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Modules linked in: xprtrdma(U) 8021q garp stp llc mptctl mptbase nfs lockd fscache auth_rpcgss nfs_acl sunrpc smbus(U) ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables rdma_ucm(U) rdma_cm(U) iw_cm(U) ib_addr(U) ib_srp(U) scsi_transport_srp(U) scsi_tgt ib_ipoib(U) ib_cm(U) ib_usa(U) ib_uverbs(U) ib_umad(U) iw_nes(U) libcrc32c iw_cxgb4(U) cxgb4(U) ipv6 iw_cxgb3(U) cxgb3(U) mdio kcopy(U) ib_qib(U) mlx4_en(U) mlx4_ib(U) ib_sa(U) mlx4_core(U) ib_mthca(U) xfs exportfs ipmi_devintf ipmi_si ipmi_msghandler iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support ib_mad(U) ib_core(U) compat(U) sb_edac edac_core lpc_ich mfd_core shpchp i2c_i801 sg nvidia(P)(U) igb dca i2c_algo_bit i2c_core ptp pps_core ext4 jbd2 mbcache sd_mod crc_t10dif megasr(P)(U) wmi dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Pid: 4948, comm: mount.nfs Tainted: P --------------- 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64 #1 FUJITSU PRIMERGY CX270 S2/D3196 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [<(null)>] (null) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff88206610d780 EFLAGS: 00010246 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RAX: ffffffffa128f900 RBX: ffff882041f01e80 RCX: 00000000000011fb Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff882041f01e80 RDI: ffff88205b5a4000 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RBP: ffff88206610d7a8 R08: 00000000000735a7 R09: 00000000fffffffe Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88205b5a4000 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffffa12454a0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: FS: 00002ba010f75b20(0000) GS:ffff8810b8900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000002065096000 CR4: 00000000001407e0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Process mount.nfs (pid: 4948, threadinfo ffff88206610c000, task ffff882064967500) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Stack: Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: ffffffffa1248bf3 ffffffffa12658e0 ffff882041f01e80 ffff882041f01ef0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: <d> 0000000000000000 ffff88206610d7c8 ffffffffa12454d4 ffff882041f01e80 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: <d> ffff882041f01e80 ffff88206610d838 ffffffffa12508e7 ffff88206610d838 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Call Trace: Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa1248bf3>] ? xprt_reserve+0x73/0xd0 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12454d4>] call_reserve+0x34/0x60 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12508e7>] __rpc_execute+0x77/0x350 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff815293df>] ? printk+0x41/0x4a Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff8109e987>] ? bit_waitqueue+0x17/0xd0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa1250c21>] rpc_execute+0x61/0xa0 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa1247465>] rpc_run_task+0x75/0x90 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa1247582>] rpc_call_sync+0x42/0x70 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa1247602>] rpc_ping+0x52/0x70 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa1247f78>] rpc_create+0x458/0x5b0 [sunrpc] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff810a4c2f>] ? up+0x2f/0x50 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12a0cbb>] nfs_create_rpc_client+0xcb/0x110 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa0f57025>] ? __fscache_acquire_cookie+0x65/0x2d0 [fscache] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12a0ea8>] nfs4_init_client+0x68/0x210 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12a167a>] nfs_get_client+0x4ca/0x5a0 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff815293df>] ? printk+0x41/0x4a Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12a17ae>] nfs4_set_client+0x5e/0xe0 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12a24db>] nfs4_create_server+0xbb/0x330 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12aea60>] nfs4_remote_get_sb+0x80/0x200 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff811909bb>] vfs_kern_mount+0x7b/0x1b0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12aee45>] nfs_do_root_mount+0x95/0xe0 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12af2b2>] nfs4_try_mount+0x52/0xd0 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffffa12b008a>] nfs_get_sb+0x43a/0x880 [nfs] Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff811909bb>] vfs_kern_mount+0x7b/0x1b0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff81190b62>] do_kern_mount+0x52/0x130 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff811b270b>] do_mount+0x2fb/0x930 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff811b03f2>] ? copy_mount_options+0xf2/0x1a0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff811b2dd0>] sys_mount+0x90/0xe0 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: [<ffffffff8100b072>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: Code: Bad RIP value. Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RIP [<(null)>] (null) Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: RSP <ffff88206610d780> Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 Feb 11 11:39:37 wn007 kernel: ---[ end trace 28c8ef194d572ced ]--- -- 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