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To: Ivan Kanis <ivank@wrq.com>
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Subject: Re: [BUG] knfsd causes file system corruption when files are locked.
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From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Date: 16 Nov 2000 15:36:21 +0100
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>>>>> " " == Ivan Kanis <ivank@wrq.com> writes:

    Ivan> space. I am running this on ext2fs. Fsck-ing the filesystem
    Ivan> does not help. The only way to recover the space is to
    Ivan> reformat the partition.
    Ivan>
    Ivan> [3.] knfsd, lock, NLM_SHARE, NLM_UNSHARE
    Ivan>
    Ivan> [4.] Linux version 2.2.16 (root@jedi) (gcc version 2.7.2.3)


Please dig around in dejanews for the locking patch I posted on l-k
last week (to be applied on top of 2.2.18pre21). It fixes 3 leaks in
the locking code (amongst them the share leak).

If you can't find it, I'll be happy to post it via private mail...

Cheers,
  Trond

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