On Wed, 2016-07-06 at 12:06 +0200, Mkrtchyan, Tigran wrote: > Hi, > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Pankaj Singh" <psingh.ait@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 7:52:45 AM > > Subject: When can nfsv3 returns nfs3err_jukebox to client? > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have read in the RFC 1813 that "nfs3err_jukebox" will be return only > > when server is not able to finish the RPC request within time. To > > indicate client to wait and retry again. > > > > Could anyone tell me is there any senario where NFSv3 or SUN RPC can > > send this error to client, if not returned from base filesystem? > > > If a migrating file system exported through NFS, then server may return > err_jukebox/delay to the client on an IO request while mounting the offline > volume or tape to make it accessible. > > Tigran. > I think that was the original intent, but many servers will return that whenever there is a problem that is perceived as temporary. For instance, knfsd will often return that when it hits a problem allocating memory while processing an RPC. -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- 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