> >>>>> " " == Steven N Hirsch <shirsch@adelphia.net> writes:
>
> > Alan, Trond, et al, A previously-intermittant bug has now
> > become chronic. Whenever I fire up my newsreader (slrn) in a
> > situation where home directory is nfs-mounted, the ~/.newsrc
> > file disappears on program exit, leaving only the *~ backup.
>
> > This is the pertinent log section on the client at the time of
> > program exit (there are no complaints server-side):
>
> > Apr 4 11:26:16 paddy kernel: __nfs_fhget: inode 248045 busy,
> > i_count=2, i_nlink=1 Apr 4 11:26:16 paddy kernel:
> > nfs_free_dentries: found hirsch/.newsrc, d_count=0, hashed=1
> > Apr 4 11:26:16 paddy kernel: nfs_dentry_delete: hirsch/.newsrc:
> > ino=248045, count=2, nlink=1
>
> > The client, paddy, is running kernel 2.2.2-ac3 and the server
> > is at 2.2.5-ac2.
>
> > Would it be helpful to instrument anything, or is the
> > underlying problem understood already?
>
> Hi Steven,
>
> Sorry it's taken so long to reply, but I took a short holiday. Do
> you get the same problem on newer 'ac' kernels? Do you think you could
> try 2.2.5-ac4 (or anything newer than 2.2.4-ac1) together with the
> following patch?
Trond, Alan,
The patch works like a charm! No more problems with .newsrc. Thanks.
Alan, can you roll this into ac-n ?
Steve
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