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On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 7:05 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 02/03/2015 03:29 AM, Tom H wrote: |
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>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:46 PM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> This morning I got "waiting on lockfile foo in /usr/portage/distfiles" |
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>>> "locking not available" from my nfs3 clients when trying to download |
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>>> needed source files. |
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>>> I don't recall having this problem back in my former nfs3-only days. |
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>>> Maybe I've forgotten something obvious that I did back then? |
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>> There used to be an rpc.lockd daemon but lockd's been moved to a |
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>> kernel module for nfsv3 and to nfsd for nfsv4. RHEL 5 has it |
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>> (nfs-utils 1.09) and RHEL 6 doesn't (nfs-utils 1.2) so it must've been |
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>> dropped with v1.1 or v1.2. I don't know when it was dropped in Gentoo |
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>> terms (probably 6-7 years ago). Does this ring a bell? |
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> Yes, I remember rpc.lockd. |
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>> Does file locking work for an nfsv3 mount after you re-enable nfsv4 in |
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>> your kernel config? |
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> Hm. No, I still get the same "No locks available" error. |
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>> If no, then are you setting static ports for statd and lockd and |
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>> allowing access to these ports with iptables? |
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> Noooo, that's way above my pay grade :) |
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> I mentioned earlier in this thread that, when I run this command: |
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> #mount.nfs a6://usr/portage /usr/portage -o nfsvers=3 |
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> it hangs indefinitely, but if I hit Ctrl-c and quickly re-run the same |
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> command it succeeds. (I've been trying to measure what "quickly" means |
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> but it seems to vary, seems random, but always less than a minute.) |
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I now remember you saying earlier. Sorry. |
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I can't think of how or why! |
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Does using "mount -v ..." show different outputs for the failing and |
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successful mounts? |
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> I'm posting this info mainly for the benefit of future googlers because |
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> nfs4 is working well and I don't really *need* nfs3. |
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> If you're interested in this problem I'd be happy to try any/all debugging |
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> experiments, but otherwise don't spend any more time on it. |
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> Many thanks for your help, Tom |
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You're welcome, with apologies for the delayed response. |
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