From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: NFS possible race condition, nfs_unlink vs. d_lookup Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:22:17 -0800 Message-ID: <1141420937.10976.42.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> References: <1141418871.10976.31.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FFHjH-00008z-L6 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:22:27 -0800 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16] ident=7411) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1FFHjH-0007i3-2V for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:22:27 -0800 To: Steven Timm In-Reply-To: Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 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: On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 15:15 -0600, Steven Timm wrote: > I don't have enough expertise to tell what they have done. I > can attach the dir.c in question if someone is able to look. > All I know is that we are seeing a similar condition, namely > nfs_safe_remove errors happening on our client, for what > this patch was supposed to fix in the 2.5/2.6 series kernels. > Any help would be appreciated. Have you checked if the same problem exists on a more recent 2.4.x kernel (say 2.4.28)? If not, then there may be a patch floating around in the patch graveyard on http://client.linux-nfs.org/Linux-2.4.x/ Cheers, Trond ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs