From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 25 9:43:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mutare.noc.clara.net (mutare.noc.clara.net [195.8.70.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9199B37B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:43:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ollie@mutare.noc.clara.net) Received: from ollie by mutare.noc.clara.net with local (Exim 3.22 #50) id 14sSO6-000AMc-00; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:43:34 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:43:34 +0100 From: Oliver Cook To: Ian Dowse Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: open (vfs_syscalls.c:994) && NFS Message-ID: <20010425174333.D38996@mutare.noc.clara.net> References: <20010425160657.B38996@mutare.noc.clara.net> <200104251643.aa54332@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200104251643.aa54332@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>; from iedowse@maths.tcd.ie on Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:43:31PM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 04:43:31PM +0100, Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <20010425160657.B38996@mutare.noc.clara.net>, Oliver Cook writes: > >However, the more noticeable problem was the processes stuck in > >nfsvin because of the broken directory entry. Have you any ideas > >as to what would be causing that particular problem which is > >plaguing our servers more than the vmopar problem? > > The processes stuck in "nfsvinval" are just a side-effect of the > vmopar problem; they should go away too when you upgrade. I forget That's a relief to know! :) > I haven't seen any evidence of the broken directory entries you > mention - maybe you're reading too far into the struct nameidata > fields in "nd". It may be normal for some fields to be uninitialised > or point at junk data. There is no evidence; our first idea was that it was a broken directory entry, and after your subsequent revelation I still had it in my head that this was the problem! :) We have confirmed that this is not the case, thankfully! Thanks for your help. Ollie -- Oliver Cook Systems Administrator, ClaraNET ollie@uk.clara.net 020 7903 3000 ext. 291 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message