Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:55:39 +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.3.95.961022095303.14906N-100000@minnow.render.com> In-Reply-To: <199610211747.KAA06162@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > 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... The NFS protocol uses the cookies themselves. The NFS client code speaks the NFS protocol and therefore *must* use cookies. It does *not* use the extra cookie interface to the VOP_READDIR call. -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 734 3761 FAX: +44 171 734 6426
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