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Date:      Sun, 10 Aug 2003 19:18:24 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "got bad cookie" warnings/errors?
Message-ID:  <20030810181824.GA14355@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <3F35C6F1.4040907@isi.edu>
References:  <200308100406.47211.coolvibe@hackerheaven.org> <3F35C6F1.4040907@isi.edu>

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On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 09:15:45PM -0700, Lars Eggert wrote:
> I can only say that (1) I've been getting these forever, on both -stable 
> and -current, and (2) I personally have never lost any data.
> 
> However, I have no clue as to why you and I get them, or what they signify.

I have a vague feeling they are related to a directory changing while it
is being read, and might mean that the NFS client sees an inconsistent
version of the directory. It's been a long time since I looked at it
though.

	David.



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