On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > I've long hated the non-killability of tasks accessing a dead > NFS server. Linus had an idea for fixing this way back in 2002: > http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.0/0167.html which > I've prototyped in this patch.
Hey, I obviously approve. And the patch looks simple. Feel free to re-submit after 2.6.23 is out the door, I don't think anybody will really complain. Any NFS user will know why something like this can be really nice. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/