From: "Ara.T.Howard" Subject: Re: sendmail "cannot fsync directory" after 2.4 -> 2.6 Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 11:54:25 -0600 (MDT) Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <413FF4EB.2070607@bio.ifi.lmu.de> <1094741919.7972.5.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Reply-To: "Ara.T.Howard" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="8323328-1235949913-1094752465=:17332" Cc: Frank Steiner , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1C5T8i-00077Z-TF for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:55:20 -0700 Received: from harp.ngdc.noaa.gov ([140.172.187.26]) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1C5T8h-0006Us-4V for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 10:55:20 -0700 To: Trond Myklebust In-Reply-To: <1094741919.7972.5.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-1235949913-1094752465=:17332 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Trond Myklebust wrote: > P=E5 to , 09/09/2004 klokka 02:15, skreiv Frank Steiner: > >> Sep 9 08:03:13 galois sendmail[21596]: sync_dir: cannot fsync directory= .: Invalid argument >> Sep 9 08:04:02 galois sendmail[21649]: i89641NZ021648: SYSERR(root): sy= nc_dir: cannot fsync directory .: Invalid argument > > Yep. We forgot to add the stub to Linux 2.6.x. Please confirm that the > following patch fixes the problem for you. will fsync'ing a directory have any affect on the client inode cache for th= at dir? eg. will it invalidate that cache? cheers. -a -- =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D | EMAIL :: Ara [dot] T [dot] Howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | PHONE :: 303.497.6469 | A flower falls, even though we love it; | and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.=20 | --Dogen =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D --8323328-1235949913-1094752465=:17332-- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 13. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs