https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458068
User jeffm@novell.com added comment
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458068#c4
Jeff Mahoney
Strace ends in fnctl -> probably kernel problem.
[pid 967] open("/etc/mtab~", O_WRONLY) = 6 [pid 967] alarm(30) = 0 [pid 967] fcntl(6, F_SETLKW, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0} Nope. F_SETLKW means it's requesting a POSIX file lock, and is waiting on the lock to be released. The lock is for /etc/mtab~. The kernel is not hanging and the process can be killed via kill -9. x300:/proc # ls -li /etc/mtab~ 277047 -rw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 14:35 /etc/mtab~ x300:/proc # cat locks ... 2: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 964 fd:01:277047 0 EOF 2: -> POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 967 fd:01:277047 0 EOF x300:/proc # ps auxw|grep 964 root 964 0.0 0.0 12768 968 pts/1 T+ 14:35 0:00 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt This is because the call path looks like: mount -> mount.ntfs -> mount, with both mount calls trying to lock /etc/mtab~. mount.ntfs is causing the "reentrant" behavior, so I'll assign to the gnome component. Adding util-linux maintainer to cc. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.