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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 16:58:31 +0100
From: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>, autofs@linux.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: race in autofs / nfs
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On Mon, Feb 12, Olaf Hering wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 12, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> > Olaf Hering wrote:
> > > 
> > > The autofs4.o is the culprit, it works perfect with autofs.o.
> > > 
> > > What would happen if I stick with autofs.o now?
> > > The docu recommends autofs4 in modules.conf.
> > > 
> > 
> > I don't know who came up with that idea.  You should use the module that
> > matches your daemon, and not try to hack around so that there is a
> > module/daemon mismatch.
> 
> cantaloupe:~ # /usr/sbin/automount -v 
> Linux automount version 4.0.0
> 
> 
> We had 4.0pre7 in 7.0 and 4.0pre9 in 7.1.
> I would really like to know _where_ it hangs, Trond sent me a printk
> patch but this one was not called. 

Any ideas where to start with the debugging?


> I will try to get a i386 SMP machine to see if its ppc specific.

I'm unable to reproduce it on a Piii 750 with SuSE 7.1.

guillory:/usr/src/OLAF/linux-2.4.2-pre3 # sh scripts/ver_linux 
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or look
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux guillory 2.4.2-pre3-SMP #3 SMP Tue Feb 13 14:50:47 CET 2001 i686
unknown
Kernel modules         2.4.1
Gnu C                  2.95.2
Gnu Make               3.79.1
Binutils               2.10.0.33
Linux C Library        x    1 root     root      1382179 Jan 19 07:14
/lib/libc.so.6
Dynamic linker         ldd (GNU libc) 2.2
Procps                 2.0.7
Mount                  2.10q
Net-tools              1.57
Kbd                    1.02
Sh-utils               2.0
Modules Loaded         nfsd ipv6 mousedev hid input usbcore eepro100


both 2.4.1ac10 and 2.4.2-pre3 boot fine.

This machine oops in the usb stack, but thats another issue.



Gruss Olaf

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