From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263164AbTDGAQT (for ); Sun, 6 Apr 2003 20:16:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263165AbTDGAQT (for ); Sun, 6 Apr 2003 20:16:19 -0400 Received: from svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com ([24.136.46.5]:32775 "EHLO svr-ganmtc-appserv-mgmt.ncf.coxexpress.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263164AbTDGAQT (for ); Sun, 6 Apr 2003 20:16:19 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.5: NFS troubles From: Robert Love To: Andrew Morton Cc: Trond Myklebust , felipe_alfaro@linuxmail.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20030406171855.6bd3552d.akpm@digeo.com> References: <1049630768.592.24.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030406171855.6bd3552d.akpm@digeo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1049675270.753.166.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.3 (1.2.3-1) Date: 06 Apr 2003 20:27:50 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 20:18, Andrew Morton wrote: > if it shows dir_index then it might be an ext3 problem. If not then it is > probably an NFS problem. Nah, its not an ext3 problem (at least not with htree). I am seeing this same problem, starting recently, with a 2.5 client and a 2.4 server. Both are ext3 but neither have htree, and the problem is new. I have not yet figured out whether its the 2.5 kernel on the client or the newly-upgraded Red Hat 9 on the server... but I suspect the 2.5 kernel on the client. Robert Love