Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 11:11:42 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: current@freebsd.org, terry@lambert.org Subject: Re: Another NFS server problem Message-ID: <199510031811.LAA01544@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199510031549.BAA22650@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Oct 4, 95 01:49:51 am
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> > >Apparently, nfssrv_mkdir doesn't realize that a nfs_namei with nameiop > >of CREATE causes the underlying file system to imply a SAVENAME flag > >when the terminal compoenent is reached. Therefore a failed mkdir > >will result in a MALLOC of cn_pnbuf in nfs_namei() that is never freed. > > >The failure mode is triggered for a mkdir of an existing dir by a client, > >leaving the path name buffer allocated on the server. > > nfssrv_mkdir doesn't seem to be reached in that case. Try it from a PC. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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