Re: [NFS] Updated patch for the [2.4.x] NFS 'missing directory entry a.k.a. IRIX server' problem...

[Trond Myklebust]

>>>>> " " == H J Lu <[e-mail]> writes:

     > On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 03:04:32PM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
    >> >  	entry->prev_cookie = entry->cookie;
    >> > - p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &entry->cookie);
    >> > + p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, cookie);
    >> > + entry->cookie = nfs_transform_cookie64(cookie);
    >>
    >> I don't understand this. As far as I can tell, "cookie" is not
    >> initialized at all. Even if it is initialized, what does
    >>
    >> p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, cookie);
    >>

     > Trond, I think you missed

     > 	p = xdr_decode_hyper(p, &cookie);
     > 				^

Oops. You're quite right. As far as I can see, this bug seems to have
crept in when I created the patch itself. My own source has the
correct dereference, hence I didn't see any errors.

I've also updated the copy on http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/2.4.2

Thanks,
  Trond