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Date:      Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:48:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:      sa@hogia.net
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   kern/4528: processes hang if the mount_portal process dies.
Message-ID:  <199709140048.RAA09496@hub.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <199709140050.RAA09614@hub.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         4528
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       processes hang if the mount_portal process dies.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Sep 13 17:50:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Sebastian Andersson
>Organization:
Hogia Communications
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE
>Environment:
FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0 GENERIC i386
>Description:
If the mount_portal process dies, any access that accesses the
mountpoint hangs.
>How-To-Repeat:
mount_portal /etc/portal.conf /p &
kill %1
cat /p/tcp/127.0.0.1/25

now cat has hang.
>Fix:
The kernel could perhapps unmount the filesystem when the process dies?
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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