Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 10:14:22 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com> To: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Funny behavior in NFS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961105101035.11210E-100000@minnow.render.com> In-Reply-To: <199611050643.AAA01076@Jupiter.Mcs.Net>
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On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Karl Denninger wrote: > Hi folks, > > We're seeing some funny NFS behavior... > > Specifically, if a fileserver is reset or loses connectivity (ie: you get a > warning about "unreachable") any process which has a binary on that disk > is dead meat (vm errors). I have been working on improving the asynchronous i/o code in NFS and it is possible but not likely that my changes might affect this. I will probably commit these changes tomorrow. > > "soft" mounted disks can't be ^Cd out of a "df", for example (that should > work) and don't time out and fail. > > I am beginning to wonder if the "soft" switch is backwards! > > Anyone have any ideas or thoughts? Don't you need the "intr" flag to be able to ^C out of an operation? The "soft" flag gives up the operation after a number of retries but isn't necessarily interruptable -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 734 3761 FAX: +44 171 734 6426
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