Re: NFS leading to D-state processes

2017-11-06 Thread Rupert Gallagher
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Re: NFS leading to D-state processes

2017-11-06 Thread Rupert Gallagher
obsd's mount_nfs is a trap, because it executes a "hard" mount by default. This is not a wise default, if you consider the consequences of a hard nfs mount gone bad. A wiser default would be a soft interruptible mount. This reminds me of the "format" command in DOS 2.11: as people complained ha

Re: NFS leading to D-state processes

2017-11-05 Thread Rupert Gallagher
More info... obsd mounted the nfs folder on /mnt/nas, there is an unknown problem on the io with the nas, and "ls /mnt/nas" locks the console instead of terminating with information on the problem. Before mounting /mnt/nas, obsd had a hot-swap disk mounted on /mnt/backup, alive and well. After