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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: NFS/RPC problems w/ 2.2.12 + a feature suggestion for NFS/remounting
From:       "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch () adelphia ! net>
Date:       1999-10-31 18:24:08
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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Yes, but if the remote system is not responding and the local process
> > using the mount is stuck in IO wait, you're basically stalemated.  I've
> > never been able to kill a process in this state.
> 
> umount -f breaks pending NFS rpc's out of wait and they return -EIO to the
> app. At that point signals will take effect

Urf.  I must have ghosts in the machine or something.  The next time this
happens I'll try to get a trace on umount -f and save anything that
appears in the logs/console.

Steve



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