On Nov 29, 2007 1:36 PM, Akemi Yagi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 1:01 PM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > The new kernel is compiled and in the rolling area. > > > > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/updates/security/ > > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/x86_64/updates/security/ > > > > So, it looks like luck is with us, and the web page just wasn't complete. > > > > rpm -qp --changelog kernel-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5.i686.rpm | grep autofs > > ... > > [autofs4] fix race between mount and expire (Ian Kent ) [381071] > > ... > > > > Accourding to the buzilla entries, this fixes the problem. But if someone > > could verity this, that would be very helpful. > > > > Kernel modules are still building so it's not going to go into the regular > > release until tomorrow at the earliest even if the kernel works right. > > > > Thanks for everyone's help on this one. > > > > Troy > > I confirmed that kernel 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 fixed the problem for me. > But I did this with the CentOS kernel. But I am confident it will > work with the SL kernel. See: > > http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2448&nbn=6#bugnotes > > for details. > > Akemi OK, I tested with the SL i686 kernel. It again fixed the problem for me. The patch file that fixes this issue is in there: 5316 Nov 14 03:19 linux-2.6-autofs4-fix-race-between-mount-and-expire-2.patch Akemi