hi Avati, Could you please explain why posix_handle_pump fixes ELOOP. posix_handle_path seems to return gfid-path when the lstat on the base-gfid path fails. I am not sure what the behaviour is supposed to be. I added the snippet of code for reference below. 346 base_len = (priv->base_path_length + SLEN(GF_HIDDEN_PATH) + 45); 347 base_str = alloca (base_len + 1); 348 base_len = snprintf (base_str, base_len + 1, "%s/%s/%02x/%02x/%s", 349 priv->base_path, GF_HIDDEN_PATH, gfid[0], gfid[1], 350 uuid_str); 351 352 pfx_len = priv->base_path_length + 1 + SLEN(GF_HIDDEN_PATH) + 1; 353 354 if (basename) { 355 len = snprintf (buf, maxlen, "%s/%s", base_str, basename); 356 } else { 357 len = snprintf (buf, maxlen, "%s", base_str); 358 } 359 360 ret = lstat (base_str, &stat); 361 362 if (!(ret == 0 && S_ISLNK(stat.st_mode) && stat.st_nlink == 1)) <<<----- 363 goto out; Pranith. _______________________________________________ Gluster-devel mailing list Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxxx http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel