There seems to be a problem with nfsd in
nfs-server-2.2beta37  (the one included in RedHat 5.2)

here are the exports from Linux:

/tmp/try-export *.cs.huji.ac.il(rw,insecure)

*** note the 'insecure'

you then mount it from BSDI (3.1 or 4.0)

and try to write to a file there (under the mount point).

the file gets created with size 0

no matter what you do.

the following message is logged on the linux

box:

Mar 11 01:06:42 fury nfsd[280]: strange write req from
amos-04.cs.huji.ac.il: co
unt 1717856768 len 5

(fury is the linux box, amos-04 is the BSDI)

additional facts:

1. when writing from BSDI to any other OS we have here

   everything is fine.

2. this problem is *not occuring* when you try to

   write from any other OS (Sun0S 4, Solaris, IRIX)

   to linux

3. the problem doesn't exist neither in

   the older nfs-server-2.2beta29

   (shipped in RedHat 5.1) nor in the new

   nfsd from linux-nfs-0.4.22 based on

   knfsd (kernel 2.2.x level nfsd support)

There seems to be a new condition

in nfsd.c (in 2.2beta37):

492:    if (count > NFS_MAXDATA || count >
argp->data.data_len) {
493:            Dprintf(L_NOTICE,
494:                    "strange write req from %s: count
%lu len %lu",
495:                    nfsclient->clnt_name, count,
argp->data.data_len);
496:            return NFSERR_IO;
497:    }

which BSDI nfs client obviously doesn't satisfy.

(i'm posting this also to the relevant mailing-list,

 please  post any suggestions on

 comp.os.linux.development.system)

kreso
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CS System Group
Hebrew University of Jerusalem