Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 13 Aug 2001 21:33:19 -0700 | | Subject | Re: 2.4.9-pre1 NFS problem | | From | Max Kamenetsky <> |
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* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> [08/13/01 18:40] wrote: > In article <20010813114636.A4641@chinook.stanford.edu> you write: > >It looks like 2.4.9-pre1 breaks the NFS server. Directories still get > >exported and clients can mount them fine, but the ls command on the > >client fails to report any files. Filename completion also doesn't > >work. However, files can still be viewed if you know the exact file > >name. > > Yes, there's a missing off_t -> loff_t change in pre1, and the compile > will even warn about it... > > >The same problem happens with 2.4.9-pre2. > > ..but I thought I fixed it in pre2. > > HOWEVER - there are a few others that I missed because the NFSD layer is > doing ugly casts of function pointers (don't ask me why - it should have > the right type in 'filldir_t' already but wants to use its own type), so > the compiler can't warn about it. > > Let's hear it for type safety and avoiding ugly casts. > > Anyway, here's the patch - does this fix it for you?
[snip patch]
I didn't try the patch, but 2.4.9-pre3 fixes the problem. I'm assuming the patch is in that kernel version.
Max
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