From: "Kevin Coffman" Subject: Re: [BUG] All Kerberos mounts stop working, restarting rpc.svcgssd helps Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:39:44 -0500 Message-ID: <4d569c330611101239v46a8e444u15aa06433259d220@mail.gmail.com> References: <20061106231539.GI12372@fieldses.org> <20061106231821.GK12372@fieldses.org> <20061106232224.GL12372@fieldses.org> <20061106234607.GA18236@uio.no> <20061106234922.GM12372@fieldses.org> <20061107004720.GA16731@uio.no> <20061108004440.GL11346@fieldses.org> <20061108005045.GA4524@uio.no> <4d569c330611101211y4846d2b2l2ad4be385688deff@mail.gmail.com> <20061110202521.GE9453@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: "Steinar H. Gunderson" , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GidAB-0006QC-9w for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:39:47 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1GidAB-0003ik-97 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:39:48 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z38so637430ugc for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:39:46 -0800 (PST) To: "J. Bruce Fields" In-Reply-To: <20061110202521.GE9453@fieldses.org> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On 11/10/06, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 03:11:31PM -0500, Kevin Coffman wrote: > > I didn't find any clues in the strace output either. I'm not sure > > where to look next. > > Well, if we're seeing a NO_CONTEXT error on the wire, and if (as is > apparent from the strace), svcgssd isn't itself sending a NO_CONTEXT > error down, then you must be correct that it's coming from > gss_write_init_verf(). > > So gss_svc_searchbyctx() is returning NULL. > > I wonder if the kmalloc() in dup_to_netobj() is failing? If it was > caused by a memory leak of some kind, that would explain why it takes a > while for the problem to show up, but not why restarting rpc.svcgssd > would help. That is the part that is most confusing to me. Dumb question time: Is kernel memory allocated by the kernel while running in the svcgssd task freed up when that task is restarted? K.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs