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Re: NFSD error: dentry not negative!
- To: gam3@harpo.ixlabs.com (G. Allen Morris III)
- Subject: Re: NFSD error: dentry not negative!
- From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:16:10 -0800 (PST)
- Cc: jehahn@raven.bu.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, nfs-devel@linux.kernel.org
> >>>Justin Hahn said:
> > I'm getting a LOT of the following sorts of errors while I'm
> > downloading stuff off of gnome CVS. The server is 2.2.0pre8, with the
> > knfs-981204 package. I've never seen this particular error before,
> > anyone know if it's harmful?
>
> Linux of glibc tests if a file/dir exsits before it trys to create
> one. SunOS does not. You will see the
>
> nfsd_create: dentry foo/bar not negative
>
> message everytime to try to create a file/directory that already
> exists using these clients.
>
Why does glibc do two system calls instead of one, especially since it
doesn't buy you anything (race conditions?)
-hpa
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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)