Stale NFS Handles in 2.6

Stale NFS Handles in 2.6

[Robert L. Harris]

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> > Hi,
> > since 2.6.0-test6 I get "Stale NFS file handle" when transferring huge
> > amounts 
> > of data from a nfs-server which is running on -test6.
> > The client also runs -test6. Transfers from a server running kernel
> > 2.4.22 
> > work flawless.
> > 
> > I use the nfs-kernel-server 1.0.6 on Debian/sid.
> 
> Are you using mount options when mounting the NFS volume?
> I had this problem when I used rsize=8192 and wsize=8192 as nfs mount
> options. Just left them out and everything was fine again.
> 
> Axel

Will this help the Stale NFS problem I'm getting as well? (Detailed
below)

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> >
> >
> >   I've been trying to run my NFS server on 2.6 kernels for a while
> >   now.
> > My desktop and my Firewall are both 2.6 already and happy.  My
> > fileserver though is giving me an ulcer.
>
> >   I get the stale handles.  Reverting back to 2.4 and all is well on
> >   the
> > same export and mount configs.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> you could search the archives for "NFS Problem" and "STALE", you
> will probably find my post near end of September. The short solution:
> 
> Use "no_subtree_check" in /etc/exports like this:
> 
> /home \
>   tony.local.net(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)
> 
> I think I have found a bug in the nfs server code that always
> returns a failure on subtree checks. I described my findings in
> a post to this list, but nobody answered.
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