Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: NFS daemons in D state for 2 minutes at shutdown | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | 20 Sep 2001 19:15:21 +0200 |
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>>>>> " " == VDA <VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> writes:
> Hi NFS folks, I am still fighting witn nfsd/lockd not dying > upon killall5. (they are stuck in D state for 2 mins and then > die with "rpciod: active tasks at shutdown?!" at console)
> I found out that nfsd and lockd die as expected when I use > modified killall5 which do not SIGSTOP all tasks before killing > them.
> Any idea why this makes such difference? Is this a bug in > nfsd/lockd or in killall5?
killall5 is a bad idea as a method for killing nfsd/lockd. You are better off using something more targeted so you can ensure the correct ordering. If you kill the portmapper before the nfs/lockd daemons have finished unregistering their services then the above behaviour is completely normal.
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