Error "decode_getfattr: xdr error 10008" please guide

[Trond Myklebust]

On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 15:32 +0500, Adnan Hassan wrote:
> Dear All,
> Can any one guide about this error on the nfs-client
> 
> decode_getfattr: xdr error 10008

If you are using the NFSv4 client in RHEL-4, then please be aware that
the NFSv4 implementation at the time was not very mature. You should
probably be very careful about using it in a production environment.

To answer you question, though, "10008" is the numerical code for the
NFS error NFS4ERR_DELAY, which is returned by the server if the file
that the client was attempting to access is busy. Normally, the client
is expected to back off and retry the request, and indeed newer Linux
kernels will do so. I can't remember if the relevant code was fully
complete in Linux-2.6.9, but the fact that you're seeing a warning would
tend to indicate that it is not.

Cheers
  Trond