[OpenAFS] Re: Problem with openafs-1.3.81 on kernel 2.6.11.7

Derrick J Brashear shadow@dementia.org
Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:58:55 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Dr A V Le Blanc wrote:

> Chaskiel M Grundman <cg2v@andrew.cmu.edu> recently posted a patch
> currently in CVS, which Chas Williams <chas@cmf.nrl.navy.mil>
> appeared to say fixed the problem.  The important bit of the patch
> reads:
>
>      #if defined(AFS_LINUX24_ENV)
>     +    filp->f_mode = FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE;
>          filp->f_op = fops_get(tip->i_fop);
>      #else
>
> As far as I can see, this is not compiled in the AFS_LINUX26_ENV,
> which is of course the environment of kernel 2.6.11.7, about which
> I originally reported this bug.

What gives you that idea? Well, strictly speaking it's true, but what 
gives you the idea that it's a problem?

In particular, look at what the param file defines.