Re: 2.6.28-rc3 truncates nfsd results

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:43:38PM -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Doug Nazar wrote:
>> Commit 8d7c4203 "nfsd: fix failure to set eof in readdir in some situations"
>> breaks the nfsd server. Bisected it back to this commit and reverting it
>> fixes the problem.
>>
>> However, it only happens on certain machines even with the same kernel &
>> filesystem (ext3). I've two groups of similar computers, each group running
>> identical kernels. The ones listing only ~250 files are of course in error.
>> Eldritch is running 2.6.28-rc3 with that commit reverted. With 2.8.28-rc3 it
>> showed the incorrect number.
>
> I'm seeing "weirdness" on my NFS4-mounted home directory (client and  
> server are both x86-64 2.6.28-rc) -- gconfd locking up, and other  
> desktop gadgets breaking.  2.6.27 works great.
>
> I'll try reverting this and see if the behavior improves, thanks for the  
> pointer...

Any more details on that "weirdness"?

--b.