Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
What are your nfs client mount options? Like soft, nolock, etc. Balint On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Kamran Nisar wrote: > hi > sorry my bad.. the part where I say mounting it in a different path works, > was bogus. It turned out my admin mounted another share and mistook it for > the same drbd-nfs one... > > so the problem still holds... > > drdb-nfs mounted on a client is giving me Stale handler error while > obtaining lock :( > > > regards > > On 12/20/06, Kamran Nisar <mkamrannisar at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > HI, > > Using Suse with kernel version 2.6.16. > > strangely enough, if i mount the nfs share in a different path, then it > > works fine. I tried restarting all related services on both client and the > > server, system reboot as well, changed files as well.. nuthing fixes in this > > particular directory > > > > definately seems like some *voodoo* factor associated with a previous > > mount/umount session to the same path on the client :| how to get rid of > > that :( since directory is being used in all the code everywhere, i'd rather > > fix access through it then create another mount. > > > > thanks > > regards > > Kami > > On 12/20/06, Darren Hoch <darren.hoch at litemail.org> wrote: > > > > > > Kamran, > > > > > > This is purely NFS and not DRBD. What OS and kernel version? There are > > > some flock() issues in RedHat EL 3.x and associated Fedora branches that > > > were fixed between minor releases. > > > > > > Darren > > > > > > > > > Lars Ellenberg wrote: > > > > > > >/ 2006-12-20 17:59:10 +0500 > > > >\ Kamran Nisar: > > > > > > > > > > > >>HI, > > > >>I have my primary device mounted on client as an nfs share. an attempt > > > to > > > >>obtain and exclusive lock over a file fails with the following error > > > >> > > > >>nagios-ffm:/data # touch test > > > >>nagios-ffm:/data # flock test echo "itWorks" > > > >>flock: Stale NFS file handle > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >works for me. > > > >so this is not per se a drbd problem. > > > >more likely some nfs woodoo. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > drbd-user mailing list > > > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > > > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > M Kamran Nisar, > > > > > -- > Regards > M Kamran Nisar, >