On 9 Jun 2021, at 10:41, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Wed, 2021-06-09 at 10:31 -0400, Benjamin Coddington wrote: >> >> It's not disputed that mounts waiting on the transport layer will block >> other mounts. >> >> It might be able to be changed: there's this torch: >> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/87378omld4.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ >> > > No. > >> ..or there may be another way we don't have to wait .. >> > > OK. So let's look at how we can solve the problem of the initial > connection to the server timing out and causing hangs in > nfs41_walk_client_list(), and leave aside any other corner case > problems (such as the server going down while we're mounting). > > How about something like the following (compile tested only) patch? It works as intended for this case, but I don't have my head wrapped around the implications of the change yet. Ben
