From: Subject: RE: hang in writeback code on nfsv4 mount Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:21:08 +0200 Message-ID: <10B234E0D3A1CA469E00963BF106CA392D0DB78355@NOK-EUMSG-02.mgdnok.nokia.com> References: <20100825023425.GA24591@fieldses.org> <1282889595.2763.14.camel@localhost> <1282901780.12016.54.camel@localhost> <4C77B873.8010306@netapp.com>,<20100827160912.GA18790@fieldses.org>,<10B234E0D3A1CA469E00963BF106CA392D0DB78354@NOK-EUMSG-02.mgdnok.nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: , , , To: , , Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230]:48412 "EHLO mgw-mx03.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752898Ab0H0QXE convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:23:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: <10B234E0D3A1CA469E00963BF106CA392D0DB78354-xJW1crHCIS+8kqYwC468Frtp2NbXvJi8gfoxzgwHRXE@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > I need to look more. But so far I do not really understand what could make kthread_stop() wait > forever. I looked into the code, and thought may be barriers are missing there, but I is unlikely > this generic type of code would have bugs. > I cannot see what happens from the code and need to experiment with printks and other debugging > things. Will do as soon as I have a possibility. Oh, and pardon for top posting, writing from web interface to outlook. Forgot to strip the mail. Artem.