Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 04:35:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 04:35:29 -0500 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:40966 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 04:35:16 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:35:10 +0100 From: Olaf Hering To: Trond Myklebust Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , autofs@linux.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: race in autofs / nfs Message-ID: <20010212103510.A16844@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20010211211701.A7592@suse.de> <3A86F6AA.1416F479@transmeta.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no on Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 09:57:01AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Feb 12, Trond Myklebust wrote: > >>>>> " " == H Peter Anvin writes: > > > Olaf Hering wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> there is a race in 2.4.1 and 2.4.2-pre3 in autofs/nfs. When > >> the cwd is on the nfs mounted server (== busy) and you try to > >> reboot the shutdown hangs in "rcautofs stop". I can reproduce > >> it everytime. > >> > > > Sounds like an NFS bug in umount. > > Or a dcache bug: the above points to a corruption of the mnt_count > which is supposed to be > 0 if the partition is in use. I'm seeing a > similar leak for ext2 partitions (not involving autofs or NFS). Send me patches :) autofs is the latest, btw. http://www.de.kernel.org/pub/linux/daemons/autofs/testing-v4/autofs-4.0.0pre9.tar.bz2 Gruss Olaf -- $ man clone BUGS Main feature not yet implemented... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/