From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Peter_=C5strand?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFS: Do not display the setting of the "intr" mount option Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 08:36:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <20090501163402.25637.67939.stgit@ingres.1015granger.net> <382F5CF6-4D1A-4B1E-8E17-B6426CFC3A03@oracle.com> <1241455743.5754.10.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="789237761-57686459-1241505382=:6736" Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Trond Myklebust Return-path: Received: from mail.cendio.se ([193.12.253.69]:61012 "EHLO mail.cendio.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750714AbZEEGgX (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 May 2009 02:36:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1241455743.5754.10.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --789237761-57686459-1241505382=:6736 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Mon, 4 May 2009, Trond Myklebust wrote: >> Since 2.6.25, the behavior of the NFS client has been a mix of the >> two. I believe the current behavior is that SIGKILL can terminate an >> NFS operation, but all other signals are deferred until pending NFS >> operations complete. I guess this means that commands cannot be terminated using Ctrl-C, since that generates a SIGINT? If so, this is a change for the worse. >> The mount command continues to accept both options, but neither have >> any effect on the client's behavior (both options are no-ops). > > Note that this behaviour is true of local filesystems too, since > generic_file_read() has been changed to call lock_page_killable() > instead of the uninterruptible lock_page(). I see. However, it's much more common with unreachable network servers than unreachable local block devices. Best regards, --- Peter Åstrand ThinLinc Chief Developer Cendio AB http://www.cendio.com Wallenbergs gata 4 583 30 Linköping Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 --789237761-57686459-1241505382=:6736--