Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:04:18 -0500 (CDT) From: visigoth@telemere.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/20814: mount opt "intr" for nfs mounts undocumented in fstab.5 Message-ID: <20000824020418.5517420F01@mail.telemere.net>
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>Number: 20814 >Category: docs >Synopsis: mount opt "intr" for nfs mounts undocumented in fstab.5 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 23 19:10:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Visigoth (Damieon Stark) >Release: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE i386 >Organization: Telemere Technologies Inc >Environment: FreeBSD breakme.telemere.net 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #0: Thu Aug >Description: Nice option for fstab file allowing hung processes waiting on nfs i/o to be killed and die with EINTR is not documented in fstab.5 >How-To-Repeat: Type man fstab from your friendly neighborhood freebsd box and look for how you enable the option for mount_nfs -i >Fix: Trivial Patch as follows.... *** /usr/src/share/man/man5/fstab.5.old Wed Aug 23 20:33:13 2000 --- /usr/src/share/man/man5/fstab.5 Wed Aug 23 20:33:31 2000 *************** *** 151,156 **** --- 151,164 ---- userquota=/var/quotas/tmp.user .Ed .Pp + If the option ``intr'' is specified for a + .Pa fs_vfstype + .Pa nfs + filesystem, the mount is considered interruptible, which implies + that file system calls that are delayed due to an unresponsive + server will fail with EINTR when a termination signal is + posted for the process. + .Pp If the option ``noauto'' is specified, the filesystem will not be automatically mounted at system startup. .Pp >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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