Bug 139952

Summary:	ls -l fails on nfs shares with RPC: buffer allocation failed for task
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	jason andrade <jason>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Steve Dickson <steved>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	3.0	CC:	petrides, shillman
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Description jason andrade 2004-11-18 21:50:10 UTC

Description of problem:

ls -l fails with RPC: buffer allocation failed for task in dmesg and
hangs.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

redhat enterprise linux 3 qu3 with 2.4.21-20ELsmp kernel


How reproducible:

very

Steps to Reproduce:
1. reboot
2. apply high(er) nfs load
3. system hangs
  
Actual results:
ls -l hangs in a directory

Expected results:

ls -l completes and returns output

Additional info:

extremely annoying - requires (so far) a reboot of the machine
to clear (nfs client).

Comment 1 Suzanne Hillman 2004-11-19 19:41:34 UTC

Is this reproducable on more than one machine?

What version is the nfs client?

Are you root or a non-root user when you try the 'ls -l'?

Comment 2 Leroy van Logchem 2004-11-30 12:32:49 UTC

This bug has already been discused in length:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118839

I don't understand why RedHat's up2date doesnt give there paying users
a properly fixed kernel. We experience downtime due this bug every few
weeks.

(The up2date tool gave us kernel 2.4.21-20.ELsmp #1 SMP up till now.)

Comment 3 Suzanne Hillman 2004-11-30 18:05:00 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 118839 ***

Comment 5 John Flanagan 2004-12-20 20:56:58 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2004-550.html