Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:37430 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751184Ab2HGTmx (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2012 15:42:53 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 15:42:50 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: Jeff Layton Cc: Bryan Schumaker , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: nfs4 mounts failing with 3.6.0-rc1 Message-ID: <20120807194250.GB22532@fieldses.org> References: <20120804000819.GB25558@fieldses.org> <20120803220039.743fe1f0@corrin.poochiereds.net> <20120804190104.GA2135@fieldses.org> <20120807130932.79625d7e@tlielax.poochiereds.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20120807130932.79625d7e@tlielax.poochiereds.net> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 01:09:32PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 15:01:04 -0400 > "J. Bruce Fields" wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 10:00:39PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > > > On Fri, 3 Aug 2012 20:08:19 -0400 > > > "J. Bruce Fields" wrote: > > > > > > > I'm getting > > > > > > > > # mount -tnfs -onfsvers=4 pip1:/exports /mnt/ > > > > > > > > (OK, admittedly that's with 3.6.0-rc1 + a few experimental patches, but > > > > I doubt they're related.) > > > > > > > > Also: > > > > > > > > [root@pip2 ~]# modprobe nfs4 > > > > [root@pip2 ~]# lsmod|grep nfs4 > > > > [root@pip2 ~]# > > > > > > > > --b. > > > > > > I hit the same problem... > > > > > > Try removing /usr/lib/modprobe.d/nfs.conf (assuming you're running > > > Fedora). > > > > Oog, right. > > > > But, without testing--won't that make v4 mounts fail on older kernels? > > Actually, now that I look, this does not seem to break on older kernels > as long as you use a syntax like: > > # mount -t nfs server:/export /mnt/point -o vers=4 > > ...if, however you use a syntax like: > > # mount -t nfs4 server:/export /mnt/point > > ...then it fails without the above file in place. I guess the question > we have to answer is: Do we want to continue to support the "-t nfs4" > mount syntax? I think you're right that we want to deprecate it. Though this is a bit of a harsh way to do it--would have been nice to have some transition period with a warning or something. --b.