Bug 71075

Summary: [NFS] nfsd deadlock.
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Component: kernelAssignee: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 8.0CC: sct
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Description David Woodhouse 2002-08-08 14:40:51 UTC 
Description of Problem:

NFSd deadlock.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.18-7.94

How Reproducible:
2 out of 2 attempts.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Export root ext3 filesystem by NFS. -orw,no_root_squash.
2. Mount it somewhere.
3. cd into the mounted nfs filesystem.
4. ls. Watch it get stuck.
5. cd / on the server. Watch it deadlock too.

Additional Information:

SysRq-T output will be attached.
Comment 1 David Woodhouse 2002-08-08 14:43:39 UTC 
Created attachment 69547 [details]
SysRq-T output
Comment 2 David Woodhouse 2002-08-08 15:58:09 UTC 
Created attachment 69564 [details]
tcpdump capture of the NFS traffic which killed it.
Comment 3 Arjan van de Ven 2002-08-13 09:36:23 UTC 
Workaround found, now for the bugfix
Comment 4 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:39:49 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/