Bug#317798: kernel-image-2.6.11-1-686-smp: nfs locking can cause a process to hang forever

[Marc Horowitz <marc@mit.edu>]

David Schmitt <david@schmitt.edv-bus.at> writes:

>> from nfs(5):
>> 
>>        soft           If an NFS file operation has a major timeout then report
>>                       an I/O error to the calling program.  The default is  to
>>                       continue retrying NFS file operations indefinitely.
>> 
>> So this seems to be a case of "feature, not bug". It'd be great if you
>> could test this with a soft-mount too.

I set the mount on the client to soft, but the hang isn't happening
with a hard mount right now.  If I see the problem again, I'll
experiment some more and report back.

                Marc