Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756443AbYJ3A5H (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:57:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751061AbYJ3A4z (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:56:55 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:39872 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751051AbYJ3A4y (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:56:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:56:43 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: "Parag Warudkar" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: Stale NFS File Handle but !NFS Message-Id: <20081029175643.ad0f1dca.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1241 Lines: 32 On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:58:34 -0400 "Parag Warudkar" wrote: > Anyone got an idea why I am getting the below error with today's git > while compiling the kernel? > > LD arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o > scripts/Makefile.build:373: net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd: Stale NFS file handle > make[2]: stat: net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd: Stale NFS file handle > make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd'. Stop. > make[1]: *** [net/netfilter] Error 2 > make: *** [net] Error 2 > parag@parag-desktop:~/kernel-dev/linux-2.6-wk$ rm net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd > rm: cannot remove `net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd': Stale NFS file handle > parag@parag-desktop:~/kernel-dev/linux-2.6-wk$ sudo rm > net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd > > Even trying 'sudo rm -f' on that file gives the same error. > > I am not using NFS at all which makes this one sound weird! > Is this still happening? If so, I'd be looking at that new `return ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)' in d_obtain_alias(). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/