Unable to kill runaway app. -

[Bob Goodwin]

Todd Denniston wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote, On 12/23/-28158 02:59 PM:
>> I've added the option soft to the client /etc/fstab which may make it 
>> possible to interrupt things?
>>
>> That is, if I have done the right thing in the right place.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>
> Assuming that after you reboot[1], the situation is better with soft, 
> I would suggest going back to hard but use the intr[2] option.
> i.e.
> server:/usr/local/pub    /pub   nfs    hard,intr
>
> I have seen soft loose data on networks that are some what loaded, 
> with out even giving you any error notifications.  The probability 
> seemed somewhat proportional with how many times larger the file you 
> are writing is than the wsize parameter.
>
>
> [1] so that the process that is currently stuck and CAN NOT be killed 
> is finally terminated. :)
>
> [2] man nfs|grep -3  EINTR
>     or read the man and search for intr

    Yes, I saw "intr" in a page I found via google while investigating
    "soft" and how to apply it. Wondered about it ...

    I will try it too.

    Thank you.

    Bob