[OpenAFS] "afs: failed to store file (5)"

[Harald Barth]

>"afs: failed to store file (5)" now and then.

This patch is currently the best guess:

# cat STABLE14-rx-idledead-only-ignore-keepalives-20081222.patch
--- src/rx/rx.c.orig    2008-09-25 19:26:47.000000000 +0200
+++ src/rx/rx.c 2009-03-12 18:01:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -5380,7 +5380,7 @@
      * idle connections) */
     conn->lastSendTime = call->lastSendTime = clock_Sec();
     /* Don't count keepalives here, so idleness can be tracked. */
-    if (p->header.type != RX_PACKET_TYPE_ACK)
+    if ((p->header.type != RX_PACKET_TYPE_ACK) || (((struct rx_ackPacket *)rx_DataOf(p))->reason != RX_ACK_PING))
        call->lastSendData = call->lastSendTime;
 }

> There are lots of file accesses to the machine so I have no idea what
> causing this.

I'll leave that ...

> Anyone have an idea?  Is the message above fatal or will it try again to
> save the file?

The error is returned to the user.

Harald.