Control: forwarded -1 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/[email protected]/ Control: tags -1 + upstream
Hi On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 02:54:59PM +0100, Antonio wrote: > Package: nfs-common > Version: 1:2.8.6-1 > Severity: normal > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected] > > Dear Maintainer, > When nfs-common is installed on Debian, udev invokes /usr/libexec/nfsrahead > via > /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-nfs.rules. On boot nfsrahead fails with an I/O > error > and repeatedly logs "expected the device number of a BDI; is udev ok?", and > numerous files named "." (about 20) are created in the root filesystem, > consuming storage. > > Steps to reproduce: > - Install nfs-common on Debian (current unstable). > - Reboot the system. > - Observe repeated journal/syslog messages from udev and nfsrahead and > multiple > files named ".NNNNN" in /. > > Observed behavior: > - Journal shows repeated lines like: (udev-worker)[PID]: > /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-nfs.rules:1 PROGRAM="/usr/libexec/nfsrahead %k": > Failed to execute "/usr/libexec/nfsrahead ": Input/output error > nfsrahead[PID]: > expected the device number of a BDI; is udev ok? > - Many files with names matching the regex /^\.\d+$/ are created in the root > directory (/) during boot. > - Manually running /usr/libexec/nfsrahead from a console does not reproduce > the > crash. The problem should be fixed with the patches posted in https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/[email protected]/ I will double-check later, but a new release should be underway already. Regards, Salvatore
