Install from NFS onto NFS fails on amd64
Scott Long
scottl at samsco.org
Wed Aug 12 16:34:44 UTC 2009
Robert Watson wrote:
>
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009, Scott Long wrote:
>
>>> Yes, if some file that was in that directory is still open (or mmap'd
>>> and the process hasn't yet exit()'d), it will exist as a file named
>>> ".nfsXXX" until the v_usecount goes to 0 and then it's removed, which
>>> would explain it.
>>>
>>>> Maybe NFSv4 has a cleaner way to keep a file with 0 links as long as
>>>> it is open.
>>>
>>> Afraid not. NFSv4 has an Open, but it is an open share lock and not a
>>> POSIX style open, so NFSv4 clients still do the silly rename. (ie.
>>> The NFSv4 Remove Op is defined as removing the file and not just
>>> unlinking it and the NFSv4 server isn't required to retain the file
>>> after removal if it is Open'd by a client.)
>>
>> I'd like to pop this issue back to the top of the stack. Doing an
>> installworld to local disks on a NFS-root system used to be a
>> convenient way to install new systems without requiring release bits
>> and release media. So, this used to work, and now it doesn't. I'd
>> like help in getting to the bottom of this and fixing it.
>
> Is this issue with the default NFS client, or the experimental one? If
> the former, I'll put this on the RE known issues please solve thanks list.
>
Thanks to insight from Jilles, it looks like it's a sillyrename issue
triggered by a change in src/Makefile.inc, and not an NFS bug.
Scott
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