From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: Possible NFS Bug | Kernel 2.6.26-rc8 Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:54:09 -0400 Message-ID: <1214758449.7557.18.camel@localhost> References: <1214749048.14955.1.camel@stefan-ubuntu-vm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Stefan Mehnert Return-path: Received: from mail-out1.uio.no ([129.240.10.57]:51543 "EHLO mail-out1.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753592AbYF2QyN convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:54:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1214749048.14955.1.camel@stefan-ubuntu-vm> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 16:17 +0200, Stefan Mehnert wrote: > =EF=BB=BFHi, >=20 > I've encountered the the problem a few times now that directory listi= ng > in my home folder hung. The problem occurs when I shut down my test > web-server which provides an nfs share mounted into a folder in my ho= me > directory. > When an application tries to get the directory listing of my home fol= der > it hangs until the server is online again. Umounting is not possible > "device is busy...". The only way to get it fixed is to restart the > system or bring the server back online. > It's good that it's so fault tolerant and can restore the connection, > but there should be a way to unmount the nfs share when the server is > gone? man 'umount': read all about the '-l' option. Trond