> >>> 300 secs (!) fs timeout is really broken.
> >>> Looks more like a locking or network timeout issue.
> >>> What error codes does unlink(3) return?
> >>
> >
> >> success.
> >
> >
> > Oops! 5min timeout for success is certainly problematic.
> >
> >
>
> You misunderstood. The 300 secs is not in waiting for unlink() to
> return, it is in waiting for its effects to be seen by
> rmdir() (i.e. for
because the bgwriter obviously keeps them open, no ?
Andreas