Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Mike Bristow) | Subject | Re: NFS module weirdness | Date | 6 Dec 1996 19:31:12 GMT |
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961205173114.509A-100000@norwood.gc.cuny.edu>, "Alexander G. Stavitsky" <stalex@norwood.gc.cuny.edu> writes: > > >NFS module behavior is very strange. Once loaded it registers as >being used by 4 programs, when it is not used at all. When I actually >mount nfs partition it shows Used by: 5. >Because of that kerneld doesn't unload unused nfs.o and it is impossible >to "rmmod" or "modprobe -r" it. > >Am I missing something or is this a bug? > It's being used by 4 copies of nfsiod; and once for the mount:
shivan:~> ps -aux | grep \[n\]fsio root 202 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod) root 203 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod) root 204 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod) root 205 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW 21:32 0:00 (nfsiod)
I have to admit I don't know what nfsiod does - I guess it's a kernel daemon that deals with caching for nfs. Or something.
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