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2.4.20 changelog

DISCUSSION Matt Schillinger 2 participants 2 messages Jun 20, 2003

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In the Linux kernel-2.4.20 Changelog, I find this reference..

<[email protected]>:
o Fix NFS IRIX compatibility braindamage

does this relate to the IRIX < 6.5.13 CWD Bug?

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Quoted 6 lines · On June 20, [email protected] wrote:

In the Linux kernel-2.4.20 Changelog, I find this reference..

<[email protected]>:
o Fix NFS IRIX compatibility braindamage

does this relate to the IRIX < 6.5.13 CWD Bug?

No. It fixes an much more obscure problem.
IRIX uses a CREATE request to check if it has write permission on a device special file (incase ACLs are in use on the server). These needs to allow write permission (if appropriate) even if the filesystem is exported read-only.

NeilBrown

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