[OpenAFS] Can anyone reproduce this under LINUX (was: temporary reference files do not disappear)

[doug@pnl.gov]

I actually see a similar problem with gabber, which is pretty obnoxious, 
as it'll show me all the old messages that I have received. I figured it 
was a gabber problem at the time. We are also using 1.2.3, but I don't 
have a good base of reference vs an old version, because I only started 
using gabber a few months ago.

On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Norbert Gruener wrote:

NG} Hi,
NG}    
NG} I have the following case:
NG}    
NG}   - I display file X with 'less' in window A on machine M
NG}   - I remove file X in window B on machine M while the 'less' is still
NG}       running in window A
NG}   - after removing file X I can see a file like ".__afsEB15" in window
NG}       B on machine M
NG}   - I finish the 'less' in window A on machine M  
NG}    
NG}    
NG} And now starts the trouble  :-(
NG}    
NG} Under AIX, Solaris, and Irix, the file ".__afsEB15" disappears
NG} immediately like it should.  Whereas under Linux the file stays.
NG} Sometimes it takes up to ten minutes until the file disappears.
NG} Sometimes the file does not disappear at all.  And this is very
NG} annoying because we have a few applications which remove their
NG} temporary files while these files are still open.  After the
NG} applications finish these files do not disappear properly.  That means
NG} after some time you have cumulated a substantial number of useless
NG} files on your AFS space.
NG} 
NG} This behavior has appeared on Linux with OpenAFS version 1.2.3.  Under
NG} version 1.2.2 this is definitely not the case.
NG}    
NG} We are running OpenAFS version 1.2.3 on all above mentioned platforms.
NG} Our Linux kernel is compiled from scratch and it is kernel version
NG} 2.4.14.
NG}    
NG} Any pointer or hints for solving this problem would be appreciated.
NG}    
NG} Cheers,
NG}    
NG} Norbert
NG} 

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