Return-Path: Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:52698 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755811Ab1BCJZE (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:25:04 -0500 To: "J. Bruce Fields" Cc: George Spelvin , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: persistent, quasi-random -ESTALE at mount time References: <20110203034844.GA30641@fieldses.org> <20110203042814.6364.qmail@science.horizon.com> <20110203044010.GC30641@fieldses.org> From: Nix Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:30:48 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20110203044010.GC30641@fieldses.org> (J. Bruce Fields's message of "Wed, 2 Feb 2011 23:40:11 -0500") Message-ID: <87zkqdo6yv.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 On 3 Feb 2011, J. Bruce Fields stated: > Ouch. I do test that regularly, and haven't seen problems. Again, if > you have reproduceable problem, I'd appreciate details.--b. I can give you a packet dump from my (completely reproducible) failure with the same symptoms, if you like. (Again, it is fixed by running exportfs repeatedly, each time fixing another few mounts: currently, I have to run it six times.)