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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, dfr@nlsystems.com
Subject: Re: processes hanging in getblk for shutdown on nfs client
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>> On my nfs client system with /usr nfs-mounted, a plain reboot command
>> now always leaves sendmail and/or xntpd hanging on getblk.  The sync

>Can you try this patch and see if it helps:

It helps a little at best.  sendmail once hung on nfsaio.  The busy buffers
in one case had flags:

	<vmio,read,busy,async>
	<vmio,wanted,read,busy,async>

Bruce