From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Subject: Re: Null characters in files on NFS mounted volume....
Date: 13 May 2002 17:08:11 +0200
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>>>>> " " == Dan Yocum <yocum@fnal.gov> writes:

     > Hi all, I've got a "New and Exciting" <tm> bug using 2.4.18
     > with Trond's client patches (sans the rpc_tweaks dif), but I'm
     > not sure it's a client side problem.

     > This is an intermitent problem: When attempting to read a file
     > (any file) on an NFS mounted volume, there appear to be "holes"
     > in the file filled with ASCII NULL characters.  Reading the
     > file on the local machines shows no such holes, and other NFS
     > clients don't see the holes, either.  A simple umount/remount
     > solves the problem.

Any details?

Are these for instance ordinary files? Are you perhaps engaging in
some multiple NFS client read/writes to the same file? ...  Is it tied
to the client patches, or does it occur with stock 2.4.18 fresh off
the l-k presses?

Cheers,
  Trond

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