From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:13:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:13:32 -0500 Received: from h24-64-71-161.cg.shawcable.net ([24.64.71.161]:26364 "EHLO lynx.adilger.int") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:12:21 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:12:09 -0700 From: Andreas Dilger To: dylang+kernel@thock.com Cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Linux 2.4 NFS bug (annoying sylmlinx breakage) Message-ID: <20020114141209.W26688@lynx.adilger.int> Mail-Followup-To: dylang+kernel@thock.com, Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <3C43447D.9000504@thock.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3C43447D.9000504@thock.com>; from dylang@thock.com on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 02:50:05PM -0600 X-GPG-Key: 1024D/0D35BED6 X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7A37 5D79 BF1B CECA D44F 8A29 A488 39F5 0D35 BED6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Jan 14, 2002 14:50 -0600, Dylan Griffiths wrote: > I've noticed this bug before. Between two hosts on a 100Mbps switched lan, > symlinks are trashed into garbage. Based on the output. I'm guessing a > string loses its null somewhere. > > Client is 2.4.14. Server is 2.4.10. Server has RAID 5 IDE softraid and > an hpt370 driver patch provided by Tim Hockin to fix the deadlocks and > oopsies of the hpt366 driver on my hpt370. Upgrade your kernel before reporting such bugs. I'm pretty sure it has already been fixed. Something about the NFSv3 calling an inappropriate (but similarly named) function in the symlink path. Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/ http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/