Return-Path: Received: from fieldses.org ([173.255.197.46]:58202 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751867AbcFOUzn (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:55:43 -0400 Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2016 16:55:42 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: Andrew W Elble Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, tibbs@math.uh.edu Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Deal with lost delegations and EKEYEXPIRED Message-ID: <20160615205542.GG3848@fieldses.org> References: <1466009529-3421-1-git-send-email-aweits@rit.edu> <20160615192116.GA3848@fieldses.org> <20160615192415.GB3848@fieldses.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 04:13:58PM -0400, Andrew W Elble wrote: > > > (Also: remind me what they symptoms ("lost delegation problems") > > actually were from the point of view of users? Does the client end up > > resending failing DELEGRETURNS and failing to make progress?) > > Client endlessly loops in state recovery with no path to recovery. > I'm guessing Jason is seeing some of this as well. OK. Just added a note at the end of the changelog saying "Without this, Linux clients with credentials that expired while holding delegations were getting stuck in an endless loop."--in hopes that might help somebody recognize their problem. --b.