linux-kernel - Re: autofs4 hang in 2.6.37-rc1

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Date:	Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:02:11 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
CC:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, autofs@...ux.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: autofs4 hang in 2.6.37-rc1

On 11/15/2010 03:31 AM, Ian Kent wrote:
> >
> >  If the ioctl can sleep for multiple seconds, the mutex should
> >  indeed be dropped, and that would be safe because we used to
> >  do the same with the BKL.
> >
> >  The question is why this would sleep for more than 120 seconds.
>
> umount against a server that isn't responding can easily take more than
> 2 minutes.

Well, in my setup, the server should be responding.

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