[linux-cifs-client] [PATCH 0/7] [CIFS] RFC: implement ability to specify remote_nls for legacy servers

[Marko Käning]

Hi Jeff,

> Since this patchset will use unicode as an intermediate translation
> format, you'll probably have the same problem even afterward.

I see.


> What NLS table is your kernel using and how often do you see these 
> messages?

Well, I don't know how to tell you which NLS table my kernel is using. 
Please tell me, how I can give you this info. 
(Calling "find /proc -name *nls*" doesn't give me any hint.)

After letting storeBackup do my server backup onto another linux server 

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client machine:
 Linux client 2.6.22.18-0.2-default #1 SMP 2008-06-09 13:53:20 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
  with Samba 3.0.26a
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remote server:
 Linux server 2.6.16.53-0.8-smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 31 13:07:27 UTC 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  with Samba 3.0.22
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I see for approximately 38000 files in 9000 folders 4435 times these 
errors happen:

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flmpc35:~ # egrep "^Jul 25.*strtoUCS" /var/log/messages | wc
   4435   57655  361609
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And it is always -4 or -28 which returns the error -22.

     !!! MORE THAN FOUR THOUSAND ERRORS!!!

I wasn't aware myself up to now that the number of messages is actually 
that big. Good that you asked me!


It is strange, but these messages only appear when I shove my backup onto
the server. When I pull the backup files back there are no such messages.

storeBackup is also able to successfully recover its backups from the said 
server... Weird!


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Well, concerning the error messages it would probably very helpful to know 
which paths caused the trouble! Perhaps I should run my client with some 
debug level switch?

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