linux-kernel - Re: NFS regression? Odd delays and lockups accessing an NFS export.

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Date:	Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:54:15 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
Cc:	Tom Tucker <tom@...ngridcomputing.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Grant Coady <gcoady.lk@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, neilb@...e.de,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NFS regression? Odd delays and lockups accessing an NFS export.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 07:17:33PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-09-26 at 16:37 +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > It's possible, the good case is naturally quite hard to establish with
> > 100% certainty. I declared v2.6.26 OK after an uptime of 4 days and 19
> > hours, compared with failure normally within 1-2 days. It's possible I
> > was premature in doing so. I'll run 2e96d2867 for at least a full week
> > before reporting back.
> 
> Or it'll reproduce after just a few hours :-/
> 
> Looks like a false negative on v2.6.26 -- I'll retest from there.

OK, so apologies, but this has been a long thread, and maybe we could
use a summary of the symptoms and the results so far.  I think you said
2.6.24 or .25 was the last you're *positive* was good?

--b.
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