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Date:      Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:00:53 +0200
From:      Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Fwd: Autofs: spurious (?) log messages and zombies from automountd
Message-ID:  <20140926090053.GA10644@brick.home>
In-Reply-To: <54250A50.1000607@beastielabs.net>
References:  <54226E4D.1040704@beastielabs.net> <54250A50.1000607@beastielabs.net>

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On 0926T0840, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
> Reposting here (with typos in subject corrected) after no response from 
> stable@ for almost two days.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Aitofs: spurious (?) jog messages and zombies from automountd
> Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 09:10:05 +0200
> From: Hans Ottevanger <hans@beastielabs.net>
> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> When accessing a directory for the first time on /net, automounted using
> the new autofs, I reproducibly get error messages in the log.
> 
> I have exported a single directory (read/write) from my test server:
> 
> $ showmount -e soekris
> 
> Exports list on soekris:
> /home
> 
> My client runs 10-STABLE, also known as 10.1-BETA2 these days, updated
> to r272021. The kernel config is GENERIC minus devices that I do not
> have, with AUTOFS added.
> 
> When accessing the server for the first time using:
> 
> ls /net/soekris/home/hans
> 
> I get the expected directory listing but immediately also see the
> following in /var/log/messages:
> 
> Sep 24 07:39:09 beastie automountd[1554]: child process 2096 terminated
> with exit status 1
> Sep 24 07:39:09 beastie automountd[1554]: child process 2101 terminated
> with exit status 1

There are no log messages preceding this?

> Additionally, a zombie process keep hanging forever:
> 
> $ pstree 1554
> -+= 01554 root /usr/sbin/automountd
>   \--- 02106 root <defunct>
> 
> When I wait until the directory is autounmounted and retry the access,
> the zombie disappears (apparently finally waited for) and I get two
> others in return:
> 
> $ pstree 1554
> -+= 01554 root /usr/sbin/automountd
>   |--- 02658 root <defunct>
>   \--- 02663 root <defunct>
> 
> and a few extra log messages:
> 
> Sep 24 08:52:17 beastie automountd[1554]: child process 2106 terminated
> with exit status 1
> Sep 24 08:52:17 beastie automountd[1554]: child process 2653 terminated
> with exit status 1
> 
> Is anyone else seeing this?
> Do I miss something?
> Is this expected behavior?

Not quite; I'll try to reproduce it.




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