Unable to kill runaway app. -

[Todd Denniston]

Rick Stevens wrote, On 12/23/-28158 02:59 PM:
> 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.
> 
> It's "lose" (as in "lost") not "loose" (as in "running wild").  
> English lessons aside, 

I sometimes dislike my 'mother' tongue.

> did you use TCP instead of the default UDP on that
> heavily loaded network?
> 

was not available on the server of that time (Solaris 2.6 or was it 2.5).

>> [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


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Todd Denniston
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