#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : NFS: "Stale file handle" and hung mounts # Fix : Clear the stale handles # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sto-nfs-stale # # Run as : Root shell on the client # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : medium # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # ESTALE errors on an otherwise reachable server. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Restore /etc/exports from a copy and run exportfs -ra. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " NFS: "Stale file handle" and hung mounts" echo " Clear the stale handles" echo echo " Risk: medium Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Find what still has the mount open -- this is what blocks a clean unmount.' '' cmd 'sudo lsof +D /mnt/nfs 2>/dev/null | head -20' 'sudo fuser -vm /mnt/nfs'; then sudo lsof +D /mnt/nfs 2>/dev/null | head -20 sudo fuser -vm /mnt/nfs if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Stop those processes or move them out of the directory, then unmount and remount.' '' cmd 'sudo umount /mnt/nfs' 'sudo mount -a' 'ls /mnt/nfs'; then sudo umount /mnt/nfs sudo mount -a ls /mnt/nfs if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'If it will not unmount, use a lazy unmount, which detaches the tree immediately and cleans up when the last reference closes.' 'A lazy unmount is the tool for exactly this. A forced unmount on a hung NFS mount can leave processes in uninterruptible sleep, which nothing short of a reboot resolves.' cmd 'sudo umount -l /mnt/nfs'; then sudo umount -l /mnt/nfs if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'On the server, check the export has not changed identity -- a recreated filesystem gets a new fsid.' '' cmd 'sudo exportfs -v' 'sudo cat /etc/exports'; then sudo exportfs -v sudo cat /etc/exports if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Pin the fsid in the export so a server rebuild does not invalidate every client handle.' '' cmd 'sudo sed -i '\''s|\(/srv/share.*\)(|\1(fsid=1,|'\'' /etc/exports' 'sudo exportfs -ra'; then sudo sed -i 's|\(/srv/share.*\)(|\1(fsid=1,|' /etc/exports sudo exportfs -ra if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The mount lists normally and files open.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then mount | grep nfs; ls -la /mnt/nfs | head fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sto-nfs-stale" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Restore /etc/exports from a copy and run exportfs -ra.' rule