From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 17:25:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B190316A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:25:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rader.servnow.com (rader.servnow.com [69.93.129.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D97D43D45 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:25:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikes@siralan.org) Received: from 12-210-221-89.client.insightbb.com ([12.210.221.89] helo=familysquires.net) by rader.servnow.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1CtURr-0001Rw-HW for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:25:51 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:25:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael L. Squires" X-X-Sender: mikes@familysquires.net To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050125120751.K46900@familysquires.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - rader.servnow.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - siralan.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Possible 5.3-STABLE tar bug X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:25:55 -0000 I have an NFS exported directory "/share" which contains "/share/Mac"; the "Mac" directory is itself exported vi netatalk, and contains several GB of Macintosh files. If I execute tar cf /dev/null Mac when "/share" is my current directory on the 4.10 box nothing happens, other than consuming a lot of machine cycles. On a 5.3-STABLE box, where the /share directory is NFS-mounted, when I execute tar cvf /dev/null Mac when /share is my current directory I get p4dc6# tar cf /dev/null Mac archive_write_pax_header: 'x' header failed?! This can't happen. p4dc6# This is reproducible, and happens after a specific file in an Apple network software installation directory. There is nothing in /var/log/messages. A Google search found only a reference to one message in the "perforce" FreeBSD mailing list (change 66084) which appears to show that this error message was added on 11/30/2004. dmesg header is (there are two physical CPUs, the kernel is SMP): FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 23 21:24:20 EST 2005 root@p4dc6.familysquires.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/XEON Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 1.80GHz (1784.28-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf24 Stepping = 4 Features=0x3febfbff Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs I can provide additional information, assuming that this is something as yet uncorrected. Mike Squires