2.2.8 fcntl F_SETLKW64 failing on Solaris 8

Joe Meslovich joe at bridgewater.edu
Mon Apr 7 13:28:48 GMT 2003


Yeah rebuilding samba probably was needed. Since certain header files and
libraries did change. I apologize for not thinking of that, when I replied
to your original message.
								Joe


On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Paul Griffith wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for the info. I was able to patch the system with patch number
> 108528-19. Within 1-2 hours after the reboot the problem was back again.
> Once I recompiled Samba and put the new smbd in place I have not seen the
> F_SETLKW64 issue since then (about 4 days now).
>
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
>
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Joe Meslovich wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Here are the details:
> > > SunOS 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4
> > >
> >
> > I have noticed some additional F_SETLKW64 problems with Solaris 8 and
> > 2.2.8. I still think that this problem is more closely related to the Sun
> > implementation of fcntl. I would recommend taking your system up to kernel
> > patch 108528-19. In 19 Sun released a patch that is supposed to help the
> > scaling problems of fcntl.
> >
> > 							Joe Meslovich
> >
>
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