2011/11/22 Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 08:19:15AM +0800, hank peng wrote: >> 2011/11/22 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >> > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 09:00:57PM +0800, hank peng wrote: >> >> Hi: >> >> I have a 4TB XFS filesystem mounted with "inode64" option, and I >> >> exported it using NFS v3, on NFS client, I entered a subdirectory and >> >> got "stale NFS file handle" error. >> >> ls -il showed that its inode number exceed 32 bit limit. >> >> NFS server: kernel version is 2.6.35.6 >> >> NFS client: kernel version is 2.6.18 >> > >> > Do you export the root directory of the XFS filesystem, or a >> > subdirectory in it? If it's the former it should work in theory, >> > althrough I'm not sure how well 64-bit inode numbers work with a client >> > that old, if it's the latter it needs a few tweaks to work, see >> > >> The following is what I did: >> 1. mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb (whole disk) >> 2. create a mount point in my root filesystem: >> mkdir /mnt/mymount >> 3. monut xfs with inode64 >> mount /dev/sdb /mnt/mymount -o inode64 >> 4. export it in NFS /etc/exports >> /mnt/mymount *(rw, no_root,squash, sync) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ no_root_squash >> sorry, it is my type mistake, it is no_root_squash. I think I have already exported the root of my XFS filesystem, am I right? >> so, is there any problem here? >> >> > http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_NFS-exporting_subdirectories_of_inode64-mounted_filesystem_work.3F > > It's in the FAQ entry christoph pointed you to: > > "However, exporting the root of the filesystem works" > > Cheers, > > Dave. > -- > Dave Chinner > david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- The simplest is not all best but the best is surely the simplest! _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
