[Pvfs2-developers] Re: msgpair error

[Murali Vilayannur]

We are, but the BDB error codes are used in the ->err() function provided
by db..We should be returning dbpf_db_error_to_trove_error(ret) though...

> aren't we supposed to be converting the BDB error codes to our own
> somewhere?
>
> >>> Why does ->err not print anything?
> >>>
> >>>         goto return_error;
> >>>     }
> >>
> >> More info:  ret is always -30989 = 0xffff86f3.  The ->err function
> >> ends up writing on fd 2, which like 0 and 1 points to /dev/null
> >> in pvfs2-server.  Maybe want to wire this up to fd 3, the log file,
> >> or better yet call into gossip_err like everything else.  We must
> >> be using the default db4 ->err method here.
> >>
> >
> > 30989 is berkeley db's NOTFOUND error IIRC.  I agree that we should set
> > the db errfile to point to the server log's fd.  Right now its set to
> > stderr in dbpf_db_open, which is fd 2 as you point out.  What is fd 3?

Perhaps the log file is fd 3?
> >
> > I'm still puzzling over this error.  I haven't changed any of this code
> > recently so its a bit confusing to me why it would start failing.  Did
> > you do a migrate from an old storage format by chance?  I'll keep looking.

> >
> > Also, the dbpf_open_cache_get/put stuff at the top of getattr_op_svc can
> > be removed.  We don't use the open cache in the dspace code anymore.

Arent we getting the bstream size from the open cache fd?
Thanks,
Murali

> > Not sure why the error block was empty though, it would be nice if -Wall
> > would warn about that.
> >
> > -sam
> >
> >>         -- Pete
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