From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 12:47:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 12:47:41 -0400 Received: from roc-24-169-102-121.rochester.rr.com ([24.169.102.121]:9992 "EHLO roc-24-169-102-121.rochester.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sat, 2 Jun 2001 12:47:26 -0400 Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 12:42:04 -0400 From: Chris Mason To: Andreas Hartmann , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rasmus_B=F8g_Hansen?= cc: Kernel-Mailingliste Subject: Re: [2.4.5 and all ac-Patches] massive file corruption with reiser or NFS Message-ID: <273360000.991500124@tiny> In-Reply-To: <01060214363800.02172@athlon> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Saturday, June 02, 2001 02:41:04 PM +0200 Andreas Hartmann wrote: > Am Samstag, 2. Juni 2001 12:52 schrieb Rasmus Bøg Hansen: >> On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Andreas Hartmann wrote: >> > I got massive file corruptions with the kernels mentioned in the >> > subject. I can reproduce it every time. >> >> You cannot use NFS on reiserfs unless you apply the knfsd patch. Look at >> www.namesys.com. > > Thank you very much for your advice. > > I tested your suggestion and run the machine without NFS-mounted devices > - it seems to be working fine. > > Anyway - I'm wondering why I didn't get any problem until 2.4.4ac10 with > this configuration without the appropriate patch on the client or on the > server? The problem only happens when the clients do an operation on a file that has gone out of cache on the server. Under light load, this might happen very rarely. You only need the patch on the server. -chris