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SubjectRe: NFSD error: dentry not negative!
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> >>>Justin Hahn said:
> > I'm getting a LOT of the following sorts of errors while I'm
> > downloading stuff off of gnome CVS. The server is 2.2.0pre8, with the
> > knfs-981204 package. I've never seen this particular error before,
> > anyone know if it's harmful?
>
> Linux of glibc tests if a file/dir exsits before it trys to create
> one. SunOS does not. You will see the
>
> nfsd_create: dentry foo/bar not negative
>
> message everytime to try to create a file/directory that already
> exists using these clients.
>

Why does glibc do two system calls instead of one, especially since it
doesn't buy you anything (race conditions?)

-hpa

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