Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jan 1999 17:13:10 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: autofs stuck at down() in mkdir/rmdir |
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> > This is on a Sparc 4m/690 running vger 2.2.0-pre4 and autofs 0.3.14. We > are using autofs to handle /home with many NFS mounts. After some use, > automount locks up as such: > > # ps axl | grep automount > 40 0 328 1 0 0 1388 220 pipe_read S ? 2:13 automount > 40 0 21506 328 0 0 1392 284 rmdir D ? 0:00 automount > 140 0 21512 328 0 0 1388 492 mkdir D ? 0:00 automount > > Are there any known problems with the semaphore locking code in > sys_mkdir/sys_rmdir?
Erm... It depends on the *place* where it got caught. If the *method* calls down() it opens the door for deadlocks. So if they are sleeping inside the autofs code - bad. If it's in VFS proper... Hmm... Are there any other blocked processes?
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