/usr/src over NFS: buildworld fail

[Rick Macklem]

Andrew Romanenko wrote:
> On 04/30/2013 02:51 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 09:42:06PM +0300, Andrew Romanenko wrote:
> >> Hi everyone!
> >> /usr/src imported via NFS
> >> make buildworld is always fails in the same place with error:
> >> "make: result too large".
> >> Localy its works fine
> >> Does anybody know how to fix it?
> >>
> >> i386 FreeBSD 9-STABLE (r250044)
> > Actual output would have been more useful than a paraphrased
> > response.
> > The same goes for actual NFS server and client details (OS, backing
> > filesystems, make.conf, src.conf, rc.conf, loader.conf, sysctl.conf,
> > etc.).
> >
> > "Result too large" is error ERANGE (see /usr/include/errno.h), errno
> > 34,
> > assuming that it has a capital "R" ("Result", not "result").
> >
> > I see no cases in src/usr.bin/make/* where ERANGE or errno 34 is
> > returned directly.
> >
> > I do not believe NFS returns ERANGE either.
> >
> > There may be cases where the backing filesystem (i.e. the filesystem
> > used on the NFS server) could return ERANGE. I know ZFS does, but
> > only
> > in one specific case (only if the compression property is enabled).
> > I do see some other cases in the ZFS code pertaining to UTF-8
> > support
> > that can return ERANGE but did not look at what those cases may be.
> >
> > You may end up having to do the following:
> >
> > rm -fr /usr/obj/*
> > cd /usr/src
> > ktrace -t+ -f /tmp/ktrace.out make buildworld
> > {wait until the failure}
> > cd /tmp
> > kdump
> >
> > Then look to see what syscall/operation returns this. You may have
> > to
> > put this file up on the web somewhere (it should gzip quite well),
> > and
> > be aware there may be personal information in it (environment
> > variables,
> > contents of files, etc.), so choose wisely.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> 
> Fixed. Trouble was in Linux NFS-server.
> Also, thx Jeremy for the tip (ktrace + kdump)
> thanks, everyone
> 
Coule you please provide more information on the Linux NFS-server issue?
It might be useful if/when others run into interoperability
problems against a Linux NFS server.

Thanks, rick

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