Re: nfs_lookup_validate and dud inodes

[Trond Myklebust]

>>>>> " " == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <[e-mail]> writes:

     > [larsi@quimbies ~]$ ls -l /tftpboot/sparky/lib/libe2p.so.2*
     > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 30 20:23
     > /tftpboot/sparky/lib/libe2p.so.2 -> libe2p.so.2.3 -rw-r--r-- 1
     > root root 13400 Sep 22 17:15 /tftpboot/sparky/lib/libe2p.so.2.3

     > So the error message is when trying to access the symlink.

<snip>

     > Is this a known bug?

Known and fixed in the 2.2.20-pre series. It's just that the symlink
code in 2.2.19 doesn't call nfs_revalidate_inode() in order to verify
data cache consistency.

Cheers,
   Trond