Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Nfs lost locks | From | Philippe Troin <> | Date | 14 Apr 2004 14:25:56 -0700 |
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Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> writes:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com> writes: > > > > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Philippe Troin wrote: > > > > > > > The NFS client is prone to loose locks on filesystems when the locking > > > > process is killed with a signal. This has been discussed on the nfs > > > > mailing list in these threads: > > > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=3213117&forum_id=4930 > > > > > > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-nfs&m=107074045907620&w=2 > > > > > > > > Marcelo, if the above links are not sufficient, please email back for > > > > more details. > > > > > > > > The enclosed patch is from Trond, and it fixes the problem. > > > > > > Hi Philippe, > > > > > > It might be wise to wait for the patch to be in 2.6 first? > > > > > > Trond, what do you think? > > > > I do not know about the 2.6.x status, but Trond requested help with > > pushing this patch to the kernel, mentionning he was very busy with > > NFSv4. > > > > I personnaly think it fixes a serious problem with file locking on > > NFS, but that's my assessment. > > I also think it fixes a serious problem with file locking on NFS. What I > dont think is that it has been extensively tested (I seen you stressed > file locking with it for a couple of days, but thats not enough). > > I feel that it needs to get tested on different setups. > > If Trond is confident it works reliably, I will apply it right away.
For reference and posterity, 2.4.26 includes this patch.
Thanks to Marcelo and Trond.
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