Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail2.candelatech.com ([208.74.158.173]:39653 "EHLO mail2.candelatech.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752050AbaHMVWv (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:22:51 -0400 Message-ID: <53EBD729.2020601@candelatech.com> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:22:49 -0700 From: Ben Greear MIME-Version: 1.0 To: NeilBrown CC: "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Killing process in D state on mount to dead NFS server. References: <53DA8443.407@candelatech.com> <20140801064217.01852788@notabene.brown> <53DAB307.2000206@candelatech.com> <53EB876A.4090705@candelatech.com> <20140814071827.702b68e4@notabene.brown> In-Reply-To: <20140814071827.702b68e4@notabene.brown> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/13/2014 02:18 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:42:34 -0700 Ben Greear wrote: > > Hello! > > Did you get a chance to look at the stacks below? > >> Yes I did, and I replied on Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 07:50:53 +1000 Hmm, I don't seem to have received that email (or I managed to lose it quite thoroughly), but no worries. >> The problem is that "fsync" and related functions are not killable. I think it is generally agreed that this is a bug, and that a fix would probably be >> accepted. I started working on one the other day but haven't got very hard yet (lots of other things to work on). Ok, thanks for the effort so far, and if you do get a patch cooked up, I will be happy to test it. Thanks, Ben - -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJT69cpAAoJELbHqkYeJT4OL34H/jxncIyX5sD9zm1DmiAJZA/g nOpyk2603aMMj3qH91svxv8FCwoXpqnyV77vWUSKInkw+E1sWRsxuAZoKbxNjN4U yCpfUlFc1IrDPSVV0Ax7oFs/DbOJRLrtrh3BW/0zBVZfw3RRYKEtR3LGAKtt+VNI 5RiwqFes/6tJXj6h8vF4WYBJ31J31mqWYh4GcJ2B2w3lYRX4CnTfAuJ75KRfTX3k LESaS2w+7B9Ta42Xl9QU6SWsisdxEhYA0R5TbAl1MICjU7RvmLEyeKcuG3/DpPjJ TjYoLR5SBcNqCBKab+L+j8jFPta8pE9LR/WWP0PfC/NWgw7+dy2VUFF2se7wSeY= =GsQw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----