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Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 09:58:27 +0100
To: David Ford <david+powerix@blue-labs.org>
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Subject: NFS problems, 2.5.5x
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>>>>> " " == David Ford <david+powerix@blue-labs.org> writes:

     > Synopsis: nfsserver:/home/david mount, get dir. entries loops
     > forever,
     > 2.5.59 for client and server.

     > Example: ls -l /home/david

     > An strace will show the same directory entries flying by over
     > and over until memory is exhausted or ^c comes along.  It
     > worked at first for about 30 minutes while I finished the new
     > gentoo install on my desktop, but then things got weird.  the
     > nfs server spat out a big long callback trace (oops) and died
     > hard.  Had to reset the power.  The looping started just
     > minutes before that.  I've rebooted, tried 2.5.53 on the client
     > but no go.

AFAICR, there have been no changes to the NFS client readdir code since
2.5.30.

Cheers,
  Trond
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