[Samba] smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-2, breaking

[sbrown]

Hi list,

On a share (Windows 2003 3790/5.2) mounted with smbmount v3.0.24 and
smbfs 2.6.18-5-686, suddenly I'm seeing lots of

  "kernel: smb_proc_readdir_long: error=-2, breaking"

messages in syslog while, for instance, ls'ing a particular directory.

Here's the odd thing - if I do a couple of ls's quickly, the files
appear (there are 129 files and 2 subdirs). If I ls once every (say)
second, no files appear and the above error message is logged.

As far as I'm aware, nothing has changed either on the Windows server or
the Linux client. I've already upgraded to 3.0.24 (it was 3.0.22 originally)

No luck searching on the web. I tried grepping in the source, but didn't
find anything similar to the aboe line.

Any help appreciated!

-- 
Steve


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