From: "Ara.T.Howard" Subject: Re: Re: lockd grace period Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:50:30 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: References: <20050201104608.17913.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: "Ara.T.Howard" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, steved@redhat.com, chetan@hp.com Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1CvzMn-0004aC-9R for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:50:57 -0800 Received: from harp.ngdc.noaa.gov ([140.172.178.33]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.41) id 1CvzMk-0003XF-La for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 01 Feb 2005 06:50:56 -0800 To: mehta kiran In-Reply-To: <20050201104608.17913.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, mehta kiran wrote: > What i think is that suse does it right by restarting nfs grace period of > already running lockd. This is because machine acting as nfs server can > definitely act as nfs client of some other machine(though rare but occurs). for us it is not rare; we do it all the time. do i understand correctly; that the result of NOT re-entering grace period in servant mode would be failure to re-claim locks? cheers. -a -- =============================================================================== | EMAIL :: Ara [dot] T [dot] Howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | PHONE :: 303.497.6469 | When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good | bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. --Shunryu Suzuki =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs