Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 11:11:33 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: michaelh@cet.co.jp, karl@Mcs.Net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: NFS node: disappearing directory Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961021111032.14906H-100000@minnow.render.com> In-Reply-To: <199610181904.MAA01751@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > Ah, another question requiring more than a 10 line answer. 8-(. > > > > > > But 3) says it does get reloaded. > > > > > > Sometimes. But if go to the "up-level" when it happens and do a "ls", you > > > get a VERY short list (~10% of what's really there - right about 200 > > > entries) > > > > Umm. Is John around? What kind of memory does the result of readdir go > > into? > > Depends on the FS. For NFS, "bogus cookie handling memory which was > allocated for fear the user buffer would be too small to return the > data". > > The problem is cookie related. The fix is to get rid of the cookie > code. The problem is cookie related but in the client. The cookie stuff Terry is going on about is in the server which is irrelavent to this bug. -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 734 3761 FAX: +44 171 734 6426
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