NFS client patches for Linux 2.4.1
A brief explanation of the patches in this directory
- linux-2.4.1-dir.dif:
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An experimental patch for fixing a problem that is due to
NFSv(2|3) readdir returning (32|64) bit unsigned offsets. If
you see problems involving files that mysteriously disappear
from your directory listings, then please apply this patch.
You should also apply the following patch to glibc-2.2.
- linux-2.4.1-fh_align.dif:
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A patch for fixing the NFS file handle structure alignment
problem that affect certain RISC architectures. First reported
on PPC architectures by Russell King.
- linux-2.4.1-reclaim.dif:
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Fix the NLM lock reclaiming code. If a server goes down, any
locks that were held on that machine will be lost. In order to
for this, the NLM protocol relies on the 'rpc.statd' program
to notify it whenever the server comes up again. At that
point, the client has a grace period during which it can
reclaim any locks it thinks it is holding.
This code was in large part contributed by the folks of MissionCritical
Linux.
- linux-2.4.1.retry.dif:
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Fix the problem of data loss when you get the message "too
small RPC reply size".
Trond Myklebust
Last modified: Tue Feb 13 11:22:17 CET 2001