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From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
Subject: Re: [solved] Re: [PATCH] Short write in nfsd becomes a full write
	to the client
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:22:50 -0400
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Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, David Shaw <dshaw-wh+mT2OhP0WF0gnf/s2wvA@public.gmane.org>
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 08:22:09AM -0700, Dale Stimson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 03:49:25PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > After looking at the trace: yes, looks like the same problem.  (The
> > (succesful) FILE_SYNC write request returned with a 0 length.)  So
> > retest with the new patch applied, then poke the Fedora people to apply
> > it as well.
> > 
> > --b.
> 
> Success.
> 
> I applied patch a0d24b295aed7a9daf4ca36bd4784e4d40f82303
> "nfsd: fix hung up of nfs client while sync write data to nfs server"
> to the otherwise unmodified Fedora 11 kernel 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i686.PAE
> and the problem was resolved.
> 
> Thank you for your help.  I will update
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508174
> and suggest that the patch be applied to future Fedora 2.6.29-based kernels.

Thanks for following up.--b.