Re: NFS readdir reply truncated.

From: Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 10:45:01 EST


>>>>> " " == Dave Mielke <dave@mielke.cc> writes:

> My problem is that messages like the following occasionally are
> written to the system console:

> NFS: server host-name, readdir reply truncated NFS: nr=172,
> slots=4, len=11 NFS: server host-name, readdir reply
> truncated NFS: nr=154, slots=6, len=14

> What might be causing this diagnostic? Is it a warning or an
> error? How might I trace its cause, and what might I try to
> resolve it?

It's caused by a server bug. Your server's reply to a readdir request
is longer than the max buffer size specified by the Linux client. This
is a known problem with some older HP servers...

Cheers,
  Trond

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