Re: linux 2.1.65 nfs problems

Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 22:45:32 -0500

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Michael Lausch wrote:
>
> When using exmh on my MH mail hierarchy in my NFS mounted home
> directory the following error messages are generated:
> Nov 18 22:47:01 loki kernel: nfs_rename: target Mail/.exmhcontext busy, d_count=2
> Nov 18 22:48:33 loki kernel: nfs_rename: target Mail/.exmhcontext busy, d_count=2
>
> and exmh signals an error. This happens when i'm deleting many e-mail
> messages very fast (reading the subject and from line and pressing
> 'd').

The test for busy targets was added because we need to avoid a situation
in which a file is deleted on the server (the target of a move gets
deleted) but there are still local references.

How big a problem is this for you? Conceivably we could try a
silly-rename for this case.

Regards,
Bill

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