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From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
To: Artem Belevich <art@freebsd.org>
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Cc: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: amd + NFS reconnect = ICMP storm + unkillable process.
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> * We try to reconnect again, and again, and again....
> * the process in this state is unkillable
> 
If you use the "intr" mount option, then an nfs reconnect
should be killable. I know diddly about amd, so I can't
help beyond that.

rick