2009-12-09 20:34:38

by Yinghai Lu

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Subject: Re: nfs broken in net-next? -- now in mainline

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Yinghai Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 10/29/2009 01:43 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> pk12-3214-189-102:~ # mount -t nfs 10.6.75.100:/data/shared/pxeboot /x
>>> mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
>>> mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd.
>>
>> rpc.statd on client should have be started by mount.nfs when a nfs
>> filesystem is mounted. Is this not happening for some reason or do you
>> see any errors in syslog?
>>
>>>
>>> using opensuse11.1
>>>
>>
>> Are you using 11.1 betas? I know of a problem where non-root user mounts
>> fail to start rpc.statd in betas that got fixed later:
>>
>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=122748525624094&w=2
>>
>> Is the problem seen only recently (after updating to net-next)?
>>
>
> only happen with net-next.
>
> linus tree and tip tree are ok.
>

Finally it reached linus tree and tip.

YH


2009-12-10 07:33:39

by Ingo Molnar

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Subject: Re: nfs broken in net-next? -- now in mainline


* Yinghai Lu <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Yinghai Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Suresh Jayaraman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 10/29/2009 01:43 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> >>> pk12-3214-189-102:~ # mount -t nfs 10.6.75.100:/data/shared/pxeboot /x
> >>> mount.nfs: rpc.statd is not running but is required for remote locking.
> >>> mount.nfs: Either use '-o nolock' to keep locks local, or start statd.
> >>
> >> rpc.statd on client should have be started by mount.nfs when a nfs
> >> filesystem is mounted. Is this not happening for some reason or do you
> >> see any errors in syslog?
> >>
> >>>
> >>> using opensuse11.1
> >>>
> >>
> >> Are you using 11.1 betas? I know of a problem where non-root user mounts
> >> fail to start rpc.statd in betas that got fixed later:
> >>
> >> http://marc.info/?l=linux-nfs&m=122748525624094&w=2
> >>
> >> Is the problem seen only recently (after updating to net-next)?
> >>
> >
> > only happen with net-next.
> >
> > linus tree and tip tree are ok.
> >
>
> Finally it reached linus tree and tip.

In the quoted text above it's being disputed that it's a kernel
regression so i guess your best option is to bisect it (if you can).

Ingo