linux-kernel - Re: Stale NFS File Handle but !NFS

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Message-ID: <f7848160810231554ra4dd0d4i2d81c817e04c8cbc@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:54:32 -0400
From:	"Parag Warudkar" <parag.lkml@...il.com>
To:	"Tomasz Chmielewski" <mangoo@...g.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Stale NFS File Handle but !NFS

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@...g.org> wrote:
>> Anyone got an idea why I am getting the below error with today's git
>> while compiling the kernel?
>>
>>  LD      arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o
>> scripts/Makefile.build:373: net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd: Stale NFS file
>> handle
>> make[2]: stat: net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd: Stale NFS file handle
>> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd'.  Stop.
>> make[1]: *** [net/netfilter] Error 2
>> make: *** [net] Error 2
>> parag@...ag-desktop:~/kernel-dev/linux-2.6-wk$ rm
>> net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd
>> rm: cannot remove `net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd': Stale NFS file handle
>> parag@...ag-desktop:~/kernel-dev/linux-2.6-wk$ sudo rm
>> net/netfilter/.xt_mac.o.cmd
>>
>> Even trying 'sudo rm -f' on that file gives the same error.
>>
>> I am not using NFS at all which makes this one sound weird!
>
> Broken filesystem?
>
> You may try fscking the filesystem.
>

Yep - just finished that and got unused/deleted inode errors plus bunch more.

That's weird though since this is a new machine and new install - time
to do a memtest followed by going back to stable kernel.

Thanks
Parag
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