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Re: [Bug-tar] an exactly duplicated file was created by tar
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: [Bug-tar] an exactly duplicated file was created by tar |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:40:28 +0200 |
Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
>> This may be due to an NFS problem.
>>
>> Here's a case where readdir would return the same name,
>> yet a new pointer, each time, forever:
>>
>> NFS readdir never returns NULL when processing directories with very
>> many\
>> entries (i.e., >300K)
>> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/719749
>
> This does not look like a NFS problem but like a Linux problem....
The problem I referenced above arises when using NFS with ext3/ext4,
but not when using a local file system. Saying it is an NFS problem
does not preclude Linux involvement.
> If it was an NFS problem, it would happen regardless of the implementation of
> NFS server and NFS client.
Classify it however you'd like. For more details, see this:
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg23429.html