[PATCH] sunrpc: don't xprt_complete_rqst on truncated tcp replies

[Trond Myklebust]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 14:04 -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Hi Benny-
> 
> On Nov 28, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Benny Halevy wrote:
> > processing a truncated reply can cause havoc and it is
> > probably better to drop it instead.
> 
> Actually, wouldn't a truncated reply be a sign that the server or  
> client RPC stream has become out of sync?  Perhaps it would be better  
> to drop the connection in this case?

Again no. It could just be a sign of the allocator failing in
xdr_partial_copy_from_skb() for an nfsacl request.

Trond