ar exception in getname?

Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:58:30 -0500


For quite a while I've noticed sporadic exceptions from the ar utility
when compiling a kernel. Currently have a completely reproducible
example when compiling a kernel under NFS.

The address listed for the exception is in getname, which puzzles me as
getname seems to go to some length to ensure valid addresses.

Is this a known problem, or has anyone looked into the cause? It doesn't
seem to do any harm, but it seems that either ar or the kernel might
need a small patch-up.

Regards,
Bill