Re: kern/41874: in-kernel NFS server hates network interface aliases

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/41874; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: kern-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, fair%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: kern/41874: in-kernel NFS server hates network interface
        aliases
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:42:36 +0000

 On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 07:40:05PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
  > > > So, I think there is a pretty strong circumstantial case linking
  > > > this particular configuration change and the subsequent locking
  > > > panics.
  > >  
  > >  Sure; it just doesn't make any sense.
  >  
  >  Maybe the problem is that there is a code path in NFS that is failing to
  >  release the lock ?
  >  Only when the same process tries to acquire it does the 'locking
  >  against myself' trap happen - other processes will just sleep.
 
 Yeah, but why would interface aliases tickle it? That's the part that
 doesn't make sense.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost