This also affects SLES11 SP1. I updated a massive amount of packages, and after reboot Oracle Direct NFS does not work any more. With standard in-kernel NFS client, everything works.
With the hint that I can use fprobe to testing (thanks!) I managed to narrow down the problem source to the kernel package: S | Repository | Name | Actual Version | Available Version | Architecture --+---------------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+------------ v | SLES11-SP1-Updates | kernel-default | 2.6.32.36-0.5.2 | 2.6.32.46-0.3.1 | x86_64 if I reverted back to 2.6.32.36-0.5.2, both Direct NFS and fprobe function again. It seems to be caused by upstream commit d0733d2e29b652b2e7b1438ececa732e4eed98eb as pointed out here: http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg173745.html Here is the commit to 2.6.32-longterm which means Debian/Ubuntu, SLES and RHEL are affected: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1107.1/00511.html The check has been relaxed see http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg173776.html / upstream commit 29c486df6a208432b370bd4be99ae1369ede28d8 The fix for Lucid is already committed, 2011-12-06 see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/900396 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/899806 Title: fprobe start fails with "bind(): Invalid argument" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fprobe/+bug/899806/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs