From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Jun 13 15:56:16 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F231515B5AC8 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:56:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lj1-x22a.google.com (mail-lj1-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22a]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A1668B0BF for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:56:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lj1-x22a.google.com with SMTP id m23so19016778lje.12 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:56:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=FK/4TlS/3FZYMceDaYH2uPEF4UermpV41o1RnCT9WXk=; b=GpJryJPzX5OgkiNCw0cZQml6qTFTBoMn0EWkfbPDYRuFLA0fC6dx9Q6A/k4J8F5rBW P1v83+xZ33XWvTa/sL+Ayl0Vxwv1IICjfkFT/Q5hHPqECIyQRimafrq3yTyO/6xeUcuI UcDVKhYbFi8hr/t3inmojg7w6f/hunW9tai8Bqic4FB+6l7YvvOgfjE64pXtOdavJN71 EpbOhlSSCV0S1W3y84t9SN7BqeuE/U6Rd6ejcXidpYzdrcK3Ow84XSvNnoRZLbo6tcwP X8tLK8YHZS+lJO6vyUFFB5vaG4pQRZtlSoNNdPzGiSG1tSpEpkebXnGQRy9P72egaHNh npjg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=FK/4TlS/3FZYMceDaYH2uPEF4UermpV41o1RnCT9WXk=; b=G3mgxbQc1g4d2pyL3pie0cEmb7vne2a6D0BmVM4fbho7Kuq1DeJCh1pZoTUanEgcFS RfHdnWPvh/3WtZaYhavurW2KrRsphbsmibchbb7kcvJ5kxDU2i7XKJ9auGPAUDblXo3J jSs3fhuQRQuc3NUlCY6oM8JZE4RndGg9kfphTPRvyKBvWlELS1f+f9qSkqrEYQRtwUNJ MsB7O3RLRIMMPIuCRZa30o86UXc8CyyeOis2BI4KxzgTL0lbW2OfV+6RJfVpSfUZKe/3 vS6bos5mfO/Ozjv9N0gKr+uUlplGbEl4EA/I5gzXCJbfu+E5KG6xnp6FLrViepdyKNx9 s4Zw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXukfhaqAHX7Psz65rVn+uxtS/G/rxRbCWj3hD6ENgpzi8ur+7H 3c5oNqfqNkH8nqyxjJpyAqD5D1u3EAnLtpafFkA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwcENAmX0ugm0IhijJ0sqYXJLErsNYkAAVDA6wfFGO1o/YoruI/yZ62vLcDrCbtRJvfhtRDvsl5Z9KbCz1j5ao= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:1510:: with SMTP id s16mr19228051ljd.19.1560441373012; Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:56:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <08924a7b-d2dc-468e-493d-472487344698@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <08924a7b-d2dc-468e-493d-472487344698@netfence.it> From: Freddie Cash Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:56:01 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FireFox and NFSv4 To: Andrea Venturoli Cc: freebsd-ports X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 8A1668B0BF X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=GpJryJPz; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of fjwcash@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4864:20::22a as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=fjwcash@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.32 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.52)[-0.517,0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ports@freebsd.org]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[a.2.2.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(-2.79)[ip: (-9.12), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.46), asn: 15169(-2.31), country: US(-0.06)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:56:16 -0000 On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:36 AM Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Hello. > > For years I've had my home on an NFSv3 server. > Finally I decided to move to NFSv4. > > Now the following happens every now and then (let's say, 1 out of 5 > times I launch it): > _ FireFox is closed (no process running); > _ I open FireFox and, while it works, a red message appears saying: > "The bookmarks and history system will not be functional because one of > Firefox's files is in use by another application. Some security software > can cause this problem"; > _ I can close FireFox, but I'll have to wait for a while to reopen it, > or I'll get the "Firefox is already running but not responding" window. > _ After a while I can open it again with no warning. > > Nothing to really worry about, but I'm curious (and would like to be > sure no latent problem is there). > > Of course I beleive the reference to "security software" does not apply > to UNIX systems; I don't think anything is accessing FF files either. > > What should I check? > Seems to be a known issue with NFS storage of the .mozilla folder that's made worse with NFSv4: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1428169 Has to do with file locking and race conditions in the multi-process setup, and using SQLite databases for everything. There's a couple of workaround listed in there (see comment 29) that work for most people. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com