linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc2 XFS nfsd hang

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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:32 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
Cc:	Christian Kujau <lists@...dbynature.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	Benny Halevy <bhalevy@...asas.com>, linux-xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc2 XFS nfsd hang


On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 03:03 -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:17:17AM +0100, Christian Kujau wrote:
> 
> > OK, I'll try this. I hope this can be fixed somehow before 2.6.24...
> 
> Well, one simple nasty idea would be something like:
> 
> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
> index 429a002..da231fd 100644
> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ config NFS_FS
>  
>  config NFS_V3
>  	bool "Provide NFSv3 client support"
> -	depends on NFS_FS
> +	depends on NFS_FS && !XFS
>  	help
>  	  Say Y here if you want your NFS client to be able to speak version
>  	  3 of the NFS protocol.
> 
> So people who are likely to be affect just side-step the issue until
> it's resolved.

Very funny, but disabling XFS on the client won't help.

Trond

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