[Linux-cachefs] [Q]: NFS + CacheFS hangs.....

[Steve Dickson]

Chris Bshaw wrote:
> I have been trying to setup a machine to use NFS with CacheFS, but when 
> I run mount -o fsc nothing happens.....the machine keeps working and is 
> reachable over the net, but the NFS filesystem never mounts, and the 
> command just sits there. Also, it won't respond to Ctrl-C and I can't 
> reboot or halt the machine.....shutdown, reboot, halt, init 6 etc. have 
> no effect....my only option is to power the machine down manually.
Use 'echo t > /proc/sysrq-trigger' to get a system backtrace.
that should tell you where the command is hung.

> 
> The details of the machine are
> 
> OS: Fedora Core 2
> Kernel: 2.6.12-rc2
> Patches: Andrew Morton's 2.6.12-rc2-mm3 patches applied (downloaded from 
> kernel.org) and Steve Dickson's NFS for FSCache patches as posted to 
> this list on 9th May.
> Misc: Updated util-linux with Steve's updated packages with the fsc 
> mount option.
I started with the linux-2.6.11 tarball then applied the
patch-2.6.12-rc3.bz2 patch and the 2.6.12-rc3-mm3.bz patch.

> 
> I am not sure if its relevant, but I am NOT using NFS4.....
It does not matter...

steved.