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Date:      Sun, 1 Mar 1998 10:53:22 -0500 (EST)
From:      "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        taob@nbc.netcom.ca
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Lockup in inode/nfsrcv on loopback NFS mount
Message-ID:  <199803011553.KAA02555@dyson.iquest.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.980228233143.22812B-100000@tor-adm1> from Brian Tao at "Mar 1, 98 10:36:38 am"

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Brian Tao said:
>     Could someone with a recent -current (I'm using Feb 28's) try
> exporting a filesystem, mounting it via localhost and copying a large
> file (a few megabytes will do) to the NFS-mounted filesystem?  I've
> seen results from only NFS locking up, to all filesystems hanging, to
> the entire system freezing.
> 
There has been a historical problem with NFSv3 hanging on localhost
filesystems.  Is this a possibility?  If so, NFSv2 is a short-term
answer (if it is fast enough for you.)

-- 
John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
dyson@freebsd.org     | it just makes you look stupid,
jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.

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