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From: bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields)
To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
Cc: "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	Olga Kornievskaia <kolga@netapp.com>
Subject: Re: NFSv4.2 server replies to Copy with length == 0
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:58:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191016155838.GA17543@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YQBPR0101MB1652DEF8AD7A6169D44D47C6DD920@YQBPR0101MB1652.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 06:22:42AM +0000, Rick Macklem wrote:
> It seems that the Copy reply with wr_count == 0 occurs when the client
> sends a Copy request with ca_src_offset beyond EOF in the input file.
> (It happened because I was testing an old/broken version of my client,
>  but I can reproduce it, if you need a bugfix to be tested. I don't know if
>  the case of ca_src_offset+ca_count beyond EOF behaves the same?)
> --> The RFC seems to require a reply of NFS4ERR_INVAL for this case.

I've never understood that INVAL requirement.  But I know it's been
discussed before, maybe there was some justification for it that I've
forgotten.

--b.

> 
> rick
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org <linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org> on behalf of Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 10:50 PM
> To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: NFSv4.2 server replies to Copy with length == 0
> 
> During interop testing (FreeBSD client->Linux server) of NFSv4.2, my
> client got into a loop. It was because the reply to Copy was NFS_OK,
> but the length in the reply is 0.
> (I'll fix the client to fail for this case so it doesn't loop, but...)
> 
> The server is Fedora 30 (5.2.18-200 kernel version).
> It you think this might be fixed in a newer kernel or you'd like me to do
> something with it to get more info, just let me know.
> 
> I've attached a snippet of the packet trace. (If the list strips it off, just email
> me and I'll send it to you.)
> 
> rick

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-16 15:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-16  2:50 NFSv4.2 server replies to Copy with length == 0 Rick Macklem
2019-10-16  6:22 ` Rick Macklem
2019-10-16 15:58   ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]
2019-10-16 19:53     ` Kornievskaia, Olga
2019-10-16 20:31       ` J. Bruce Fields
2019-10-17  2:16         ` Rick Macklem
2019-10-17  4:43           ` Rick Macklem
2019-10-17 14:49             ` J. Bruce Fields
2019-10-17 15:22           ` J. Bruce Fields
2019-10-17 15:39             ` Tom Talpey
2019-10-17 16:20               ` Rick Macklem
2019-10-17 17:15                 ` [nfsv4] " Olga Kornievskaia
2019-10-17 21:34                   ` Rick Macklem
2019-10-17 15:55             ` Rick Macklem
2019-10-17 16:14               ` J. Bruce Fields

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