Re: [NFS] [BUG] 2.6.23-rc5 kernel BUG at fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c:945

[suzuki]

Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 13:41 +0530, suzuki wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have been trying to debug this issue from my side and could find the 
> > following.
> >
> > The pathconf() request gets a reply with :
> >
> > pathinfo.max_namelen = (unsiged int) -1
> > pathinfo.max_link    = 255
> >
> > Is this really an expected answer from a server for a proper connection 
> > ( for mount requests on an exported dir) ? Is there something that needs 
> > to be fixed at server side ?
>
> I assume that this is with my patch applied? 

No. This is without your patch. So I am trying to debug why the server 
is sending a -1 ! (which sounds like an error ?)

Thanks

Suzuki K P
IBM Linux Technology Centre

Yes: as long as the kernel
> sets NAME_MAX to 255, then the above is expected behaviour.
>
> Trond

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