On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Antonietta Donzella <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I share directories on a Scientific linux cluster by using nfs tool. > SLC6 kernel 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 > nfs-utils-1.2.3-26.el6.x86_64 > > After a server-client shutdown, a disagreeable event occurred. > By making ls list on a nfs client shared directory, duplicated entries for > some files are shown. > Other files and sub-directories are non visible. The problem is not present > on the nfs server. > The directory don't contain an enormous number of files: > > On the server: > #ls |wc -l > 330 > #du -s > 8855740 > > On the client: > #ls |wc -l > ls: reading directory .: Too many levels of symbolic links > 120 > n.b. there are only two symbolic links and they are not changed after the > shutdown; however, the problem is not cleared if I remove them. #du -s > not responding > #dmesg > some entries: > ... > NFS: directory images/dp contains a readdir loop.Please contact your server > vendor. The file: .. has duplicate cookie 683570819 > NFS: directory images/dp contains a readdir loop.Please contact your server > vendor. The file: .. has duplicate cookie 683570819 > __ratelimit: 2 callbacks suppressed > NFS: directory images/green contains a readdir loop.Please contact your > server vendor. The file: 57.png has duplicate cookie 1694199390 > NFS: directory images/green contains a readdir loop.Please contact your > server vendor. The file: 57.png has duplicate cookie 1694199390 > ... > > I've tried to boot the system with the older kernel-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64, > and with the new kernel 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.x86_64 but the bug is not > cleared. Any ideas? > > Many thanks in advance > Antonietta
Looks like you are affected by a known bug. It is probably the same as this one: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6241 If so, there is no fix at the moment unfortunately. Akemi
