We have like 15 Linux boxes mounting 4 nfs shares on 4 netapps. Whenever there is an nfs hang servers crash. Not all servers but some. Kernel 2.2.5-22 Snippet from message file. Aug 25 00:26:09 af12 kernel: nfs_revalidate_inode: images/Baffoon.wav getattr fa iled, ino=2713956, error=-116 Aug 25 00:26:09 af12 kernel: NFS: bad fh 001a678003bbffe600000020646929001503815 600002ce0000000400018a5ca Aug 25 00:26:09 af12 kernel: 001a678003bbffe600000020646929001503815 700002ce0000000400018a5ca Aug 25 00:26:09 af12 kernel: nfs_revalidate_inode: images/Baffoon.wav getattr fa iled, ino=2713956, error=-116 Aug 25 00:26:09 af12 kernel: NFS: bad fh 001a678003bbffe600000020646929001503815 600002ce0000000400018a5ca Aug 25 00:26:09 af12 kernel: 001a678003bbffe600000020646929001503815 700002ce0000000400018a5ca Aug 25 00:36:22 af12 kernel: __nfs_fhget: inode 19725066 busy, i_count=2, i_nlin k=1 Aug 25 00:36:22 af12 kernel: nfs_free_dentries: found bmarkman/bretthome3.html, d_count=0, hashed=1 Aug 25 00:36:22 af12 kernel: nfs_dentry_delete: bmarkman/bretthome3.html: ino=19 725066, count=2, nlink=1 Aug 25 01:36:30 af12 syslogd 1.3-3: restart. Compile options for kernel CONFIG_M686=y CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y CONFIG_X86_TSC=y CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y CONFIG_1GB=y CONFIG_MTRR=y CONFIG_NET=y CONFIG_PCI=y CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y CONFIG_SYSCTL=y CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y CONFIG_PACKET=y CONFIG_NETLINK=y CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y CONFIG_UNIX=y CONFIG_INET=y CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_CMDS_PER_DEVICE=8 CONFIG_AIC7XXX_PROC_STATS=y CONFIG_AIC7XXX_RESET_DELAY=5 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y CONFIG_NET_EISA=y CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100=y CONFIG_VT=y CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_PROC_FS=y CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y CONFIG_NFS_FS=y CONFIG_SUNRPC=y CONFIG_LOCKD=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
What kernel and knfsd are you running? Could you try the latest kernel/knfsd from Raw Hide and see if the problem is improved? The latest packages in Raw Hide right now should be kernel-2.2.12-1 knfsd-1.4.7-2 You might also attempt to mount with the "soft" option, although that may cause other problems ...
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