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Date:      Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:35:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Glen Gibb <grg@ridley.unimelb.edu.au>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what is the meaning of "got bad cookie"
Message-ID:  <20020830133430.K88354-100000@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020830184914.D95974-100000@genesis.ridley.unimelb.edu.au>

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On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Glen Gibb wrote:

> Today I received a few of the following messages on the console/in the
> logs:
>
> Aug 30 17:09:00 genesis /kernel: got bad cookie vp 0xcdea1200 bp
> 0xc6547924

This generally means something changed on the server while you were using
it, and NFS is invalidating use of that object. Commonly it happens when
directories are moved or renamed.

> Can anyone explain what this is about and whether it is a problem. (I
> suspect it might be something to do with NFS as I was performing a du on
> an NFS mounted directory at the time).

Its normal.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org


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