[Pvfs2-developers] pvfs2-rm errors, ncache?

[Phil Carns]

>>In the case where you keep the logic that is currently in head but just 
>>change strrchr() to strchr(), what breaks in from the previously reported 
>>bug?
>>
>>I tried making that change and it looks like both cases work fine, but I 
>>may be missing something.
>>
>>Maybe it has something to do with the number of metadata servers?  I am 
>>currently trying this with just one server.
> 
> 
> I tried it again to remind myself.  No segv, but the ls produces the
> wrong answer:
> 
> am30$ pvfs2-ls /pvfs/dir1/{0..9} | wc
> Ignoring path /pvfs/dir1/8
> Ignoring path /pvfs/dir1/9
>    4009    4001   15179
> 
> Should be 5000 files, and not say "Ignoring path".
> 
> My setup is CVS head with 1 md+io server, and 1 client, tcp, plus removing
> exactly one 'r' in sys-lookup.sm.
> 

I think this answer is actually right, or at least as right as pvfs2-ls 
will allow :)  pvfs2-ls.c is generating that "Ignoring..." message 
because it only allows you to list up to MAX_NUM_PATHS (which is set to 
8) paths in a single command line invocation.

-Phil