From: "Paul B. Henson" Subject: Re: NFS over TCP idle timeout Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:33:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <20080129003223.GC16785@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: "J. Bruce Fields" Return-path: Received: from sparky.unx.csupomona.edu ([134.71.247.19]:45434 "EHLO sparky.unx.csupomona.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752412AbYA2Ddy (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:33:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20080129003223.GC16785@fieldses.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 04:41:00PM -0800, Paul B. Henson wrote: > > > > Does the Linux server implementation of NFS over TCP implement an idle > > timeout that automatically disconnects clients after some amount of > > inactivity? > > That sounds like a server bug to me. Have you checked whether it still > behaves that way on more recent kernels? No. I'll probably be upgrading the server to 2.6.23 within the next few weeks, but given the dearth of information I found in my searches, was curious whether or not it was supposed to in the first place. Thanks... -- Paul B. Henson | (909) 979-6361 | http://www.csupomona.edu/~henson/ Operating Systems and Network Analyst | henson@csupomona.edu California State Polytechnic University | Pomona CA 91768