Bug 17762 - nfsd deadlock, 2.6.36-rc3
Summary: nfsd deadlock, 2.6.36-rc3
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: File System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: NFS (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
Assignee: bfields
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Blocks: 16444
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Reported: 2010-09-03 19:11 UTC by Maciej Rutecki
Modified: 2010-09-12 18:08 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Kernel Version: 2.6.36-rc3
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Regression: Yes
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Description Maciej Rutecki 2010-09-03 19:11:25 UTC 
Subject    : nfsd deadlock, 2.6.36-rc3
Submitter  : Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com>
Date       : 2010-09-01 15:39
Message-ID : 4C7E73CB.7030603@canonical.com
References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=128335681711984&w=2

This entry is being used for tracking a regression from 2.6.35. Please don't
close it until the problem is fixed in the mainline.
Comment 1 Trond Myklebust 2010-09-03 19:22:07 UTC 
To me that looks just like the usual deadlock scenario that is known to occur when the nfs server enters direct page reclaim on a loopback-mounted nfs client.

Reassigning to Bruce.
Comment 2 bfields 2010-09-03 20:00:19 UTC 
Trond is correct, see followup in mailing list discussion.
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