Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:13:06 -0700 | From | Bill Hawes <> | Subject | Re: Major NFS problems w/ 2.1.x |
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Theo Van Dinter wrote:
> I've been finding various NFS problems ever since upgrading to the 2.1.x > series of kernels (I need the speed increase): > > from 2.1.115: > nfs_lookup: toolif/csd_toolif_network.c failed, error=-6 > NFS: server boaz, readdir reply truncated > NFS: nr=154, slots=4, len=12 > NFS: server ham, readdir reply truncated > NFS: nr=155, slots=5, len=12 > NFS: server boaz, readdir reply truncated > NFS: nr=154, slots=4, len=12 > NFS: server meshach, readdir reply truncated > NFS: nr=155, slots=4, len=8 > > boaz, ham, and meshach are all HP/UX machines (9.05 or 9.07). I noticed a > section in the 116pre1 patch talking about readdir on HP/UX machines, but I > haven't been able to test it (forced to go back to 2.0.35 on that machine so > it can be used reliably).
The "readdir reply truncated" messages should be harmless. A while back there were a number of problem reports of this sort from people using HP/UX servers, and the current NFS client issues a warning and works around the problem.
IIRC it appeared to be a bug in the HP NFS server, and at one point I tried to find an HP tech to look into it (but of course never heard back.)
(I'm assuming that your directory listings are being done correctly; let me know if otherwise.)
> We've also (biggest problem) been noticing that there are either missing or > added characters (nulls) in a lot of files (to various platforms (HP/UX, > Solaris, etc, etc.)) (see attachment -- it's a diff snippet which shows the > missing and additional characters. it's always in the pattern "add 2 nulls, > remove 2 chars", and the offsets where the problems were (in another diff) was > 0x1bfe7, 0x24fe7, 0x27fe7, 0x2cfe7 -- notice that the last 3 hex digits are > the same in every case.)
Not sure what this could be -- is it repeatable with certain files or random? Are all of the cases with one type of network card?
FWIW, I'm using 2.1.115 NFS every day in network-intensive operations with no problems.
Regards, Bill
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