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Subject: Re: Error: state manager failed on NFSv4 server linux with error
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From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
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On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 15:53 -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-10-30 at 14:19 -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote: 
> > 
> > It will be running a process with a name of the form "<server IP
> > address>-manager", and will be running the function
> > nfs4_run_state_manager().
> 
> I will keep an eye out for that the next time I see this problem.
> 
> > BTW: Do you have the following patches applied?
> >   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git&a=commitdiff&h=b0ed9dbc24f1fd912b2dd08b995153cafc1d5b1c
> > and
> >   http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git&a=commitdiff&h=ae1007d37e00144b72906a4bdc47d517ae91bcc1
> 
> Nope.
> 
> > They are not yet in the stable kernel series,
> 
> Which would be why I don't have them.  I am working with a 2.6.35
> kernel.
> 
> > AFAIK, but are slated to
> > be merged soon.
> 
> I take that mentioning them in this context means they would be good to
> have?  Safe to apply to 2.6.35.4ish kernel?

Yes.