Re: EINTR error in SunOS

The MOUNT options are opposite.

Linux NFS mount   - defualts to no-intr
Solaris NFS mount - default to intr


Doug McNaught wrote:
> Doug Royer <Doug@Royer.com> writes:
>
>
>> From the Linux 'nfs' man page:
>>
>>  intr           If  an  NFS file operation has a major timeout and it is
>>                 hard mounted, then allow signals to  interupt  the  file
>>                 operation  and  cause  it to return EINTR to the calling
>>                 program.  The default is to not allow file operations to
>>                 be interrupted.
>>
>>Solaris 'mount_nfs' man page
>>
>>  intr | nointr
>>                 Allow (do not allow) keyboard interrupts to kill
>>                 a  process  that  is  hung  while  waiting for a
>>                 response on  a  hard-mounted  file  system.  The
>>                 default  is  intr,  which  makes it possible for
>>                 clients to interrupt applications  that  may  be
>>                 waiting for a remote mount.
>>
>>The Solaris and Linux defaults seem to be the opposite of each other.
>
>
> Actually they're the same, though differently worded.  "Major timeout"
> means the server has not responded for N milliseconds, not that the
> client has decided to time out the request.  If 'hard' is set, the
> client will keep trying indefinitely, though you can interrupt it if
> you've specified 'intr'.
>
>
>>So I think we are saying the same thing.
>>
>>You can get EINTR with hard+intr mounts.
>
>
> Yes, *only* if the user specifically decides to send a signal, or if
> it uses SIGALRM or whatever.  I agree that if you expect 'intr' to be
> used, your code needs to handle EINTR.
>
>
>>I am not sure what you get with soft mounts on a timeout.
>
>
> The Linux manpage implies you get EIO.
>
> -Doug
>
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