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Date:      Mon, 21 Oct 1996 10:47:51 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson)
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, michaelh@cet.co.jp, karl@Mcs.Net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: NFS node: disappearing directory
Message-ID:  <199610211747.KAA06162@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961021111032.14906H-100000@minnow.render.com> from "Doug Rabson" at Oct 21, 96 11:11:33 am

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> > 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.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but real filesystems don't use the cookie
code: only the NFS server.

If it's in the client code, how does this enter into it?  The client is
a real FS...


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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