FS#42033 - [nfs-utils] [boot] 1.3.0 & systemd: start job "Notify NFS peers" runs 15 minutes

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Stefan Förster (HotblackDesiato) - Saturday, 20 September 2014, 09:05 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Thursday, 05 February 2015, 14:03 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 3
Private No

Details

Description:

I have a server in my home LAN with an NFS server. Four of my computers (all Arch Linux, regularly updated) access an NFS share of this server during boot. This has worked for years and still works on three machines. On one of my two desktops nfs-utils version 1.3.0-3 results in a systemd message during boot: "A start job is running for Notify NFS peers of a restart (... min ... sec / no limit)". It takes about 15 minutes (!) for the boot process to continue.

I have just downgraded nfs-utils to 1.2.9-5 which mitigated this problem.


Steps to reproduce: not sure - I can only repro it on one of four Linux boxes in my network.
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thursday, 05 February 2015, 14:03 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  1.3.2
Comment by Baptiste (zorun) - Monday, 10 November 2014, 14:12 GMT
I can reproduce it, I'm using nfs-utils 1.3.1-1. The boot process gets stuck for about 20 minutes on "A start job is running for Notify NFS peers of a restart (15min 24s / no limit)". After a long while, the boot process continues.

When the boot process gets stuck, the computer is already connected to the (wired) network: I can ping it and even ssh into it (though it replies "System is booting up. See pam_nologin(8)" and doesn't provide a shell)

The NFS server is running FreeBSD, not sure if it is relevant.

There are some NFS shares configured in `/etc/fstab` on the client, but they have the option "noauto". Here is the content of `/etc/systemd/system` on the client:

<pre>
$ find /etc/systemd/system/
/etc/systemd/system/
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service
/etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/hddapm.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rpcbind.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntpd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/cronie.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/lighttpd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nsd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/sshd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rpc-mountd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rpc-gssd.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/dhcpcd@eth0.service
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/nfs-client.target
/etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/remote-fs.target
/etc/systemd/system/display-manager.service
/etc/systemd/system/remote-fs.target.wants
/etc/systemd/system/remote-fs.target.wants/nfs-client.target
/etc/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants
</pre>
Comment by Baptiste (zorun) - Monday, 10 November 2014, 14:23 GMT
Note that this has been happenning for a few months, probably since nfs-utils 1.3.0.

Downgrading nfs-utils to version 1.2.9-5 indeed fixes the issue.
Comment by Valentin (ProFfeSsoRr) - Wednesday, 04 February 2015, 18:17 GMT
nfs-utils-1.3.1-1 - same problem starting today.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Thursday, 05 February 2015, 07:49 GMT
Please try 1.3.2-2, they changed a lot in service files this time.
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Thursday, 05 February 2015, 13:40 GMT
Also please check your enabled services:
For clients only nfs-client.target is needed.
Cleanup your rpc* services they are all activated as they are needed.
rpcbind, rpc-mountd rpc-gssd etc. remove them from /etc/systemd/*
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Thursday, 05 February 2015, 14:02 GMT
http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=ac201cca3fe0f3530fe252e269d4b3dc662a77dc
This is fixed in 1.3.2.

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