Re: : Data loss on NFS mounted directory (2.2.13)

Jens Benecke (jens@pinguin.conetix.de)
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 19:16:59 +0100

On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 06:37:39PM +0100, Trond Myklebust wrote:

> > (StarOffice/so51a_os2_49.exe, status=0 flags=0) NFS: 3152
> > nfs_wback_result (StarOffice/so51a_os2_49.exe, status=-116,
>
> The above is the result from the first writeback after the rename
> operation: status=-116 which is indeed '-ESTALE'.
>
> As I said earlier: this is really a server bug. A cross-directory
> rename should not cause the old filehandle to be declared stale.

Strange.

Anyway, this is the server:

earth# ver_linux
-- Versions installed: (if some fields are empty or looks
-- unusual then possibly you have very old versions)
Linux earth 2.2.13 #1 Don Okt 21 22:27:31 CEST 1999 i586 unknown
Kernel modules 2.1.121
Gnu C 2.95.2
Binutils 2.9.5.0.16
Linux C Library 2.1.2
Dynamic linker ldd: version 1.9.11
Linux C++ Library 2.7.2
Linux C++ Library 2.7.2
Procps 1.2.9
Mount 2.9g
Net-tools 2.01
Kbd 0.96
Sh-utils 1.16
Modules Loaded 3c509 ne2k-pci 8390 tulip unix

-- 
_ciao, Jens_______________________________ http://www.pinguin.conetix.de


Windows NT indeed has very low Total Cost of Ownership. Trouble is,
Microsoft _owns_ Windows NT. You just licensed it.




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