Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261817AbUDNV0C (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:26:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261832AbUDNV0B (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:26:01 -0400 Received: from tantale.fifi.org ([216.27.190.146]:27264 "EHLO tantale.fifi.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261817AbUDNVZ6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:25:58 -0400 To: linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Nfs lost locks References: <87k72h17n7.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> <87wu6cckys.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> Mail-Copies-To: nobody From: Philippe Troin Date: 14 Apr 2004 14:25:56 -0700 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87isg2ntej.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1873 Lines: 47 Marcelo Tosatti writes: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > Marcelo Tosatti writes: > > > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > > > > > The NFS client is prone to loose locks on filesystems when the locking > > > > process is killed with a signal. This has been discussed on the nfs > > > > mailing list in these threads: > > > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3213117&forum_id=4930 > > > > > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-nfs&m=107074045907620&w=2 > > > > > > > > Marcelo, if the above links are not sufficient, please email back for > > > > more details. > > > > > > > > The enclosed patch is from Trond, and it fixes the problem. > > > > > > Hi Philippe, > > > > > > It might be wise to wait for the patch to be in 2.6 first? > > > > > > Trond, what do you think? > > > > I do not know about the 2.6.x status, but Trond requested help with > > pushing this patch to the kernel, mentionning he was very busy with > > NFSv4. > > > > I personnaly think it fixes a serious problem with file locking on > > NFS, but that's my assessment. > > I also think it fixes a serious problem with file locking on NFS. What I > dont think is that it has been extensively tested (I seen you stressed > file locking with it for a couple of days, but thats not enough). > > I feel that it needs to get tested on different setups. > > If Trond is confident it works reliably, I will apply it right away. For reference and posterity, 2.4.26 includes this patch. Thanks to Marcelo and Trond. Phil. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/