> Hi!
>
> Currently we see similar problems, reproducable.
>
> We run linux 2.4.5 with XFS 1.0.1 on a Dell P2550 SMP machine.
> Samba 2.2.1a acts as the Windows file server.
>
> The error (smbd in "D" state) occurs when creating a
> new directory with Windows Explorer (called "New Folder")
> then changing to that directory and creating another directory
> with the same name and then trying to move that one level up.
>
> Expected is an error message like "Directory already exists"
> but instead smbd hangs. And quickly other processes to that
> want to access the directory where the first "New Folder"
> was created in.
>
> Any hints? Is this XFS related?
In general I would recommend trying a newer kernel in situations like
this. There are plenty of bugfixes in both the mainline kernel and
the xfs code itself - we do not have the resources to backport the
fixes to an earlier kernel and repackage it.
There are kernel patches on the ftp site
oss.sgi.com:/projects/xfs/download/patches
Steve
>
> Greetings
> --
> Robert Sander
> Computer Scientist Epigenomics AG
> Bioinformatics R&D www.epigenomics.com Kastanienallee 24
> +493024345330 10435 Berlin
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