* Apply upstream patch to allocate vnodes from the malloc pool rather

  than off the stack, fixing file server problems on SPARC.  Thanks to
  Barney Sowood for tracking down the patch.  (Closes: #448380)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 5560f708295871c19159d80104ce177a85b8b5c9..5eb48ab7ee411c4a177a6b306ba8f5ed28b1e43c 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ openafs (1.4.6.dfsg1-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - Fixes multiple serious problems with the file server.
   * Apply upstream patch for Linux 2.6.24 support.  Thanks to Anders
     Kaseorg for researching the necessary deltas.  (Closes: #456258)
+  * Apply upstream patch to allocate vnodes from the malloc pool rather
+    than off the stack, fixing file server problems on SPARC.  Thanks to
+    Barney Sowood for tracking down the patch.  (Closes: #448380)
   * Add more debugging and bug reporting instructions to README.Debian.
   * Update to standards version 3.7.3 (no changes required).
 
- -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:33:28 -0800
+ -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:42:41 -0800
 
 openafs (1.4.5.dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 

diff --git a/debian/patches/alloc-vnode b/debian/patches/alloc-vnode
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..9c4d535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/alloc-vnode
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Allocate vnodes rather than using the stack, which fixes file server
+problems on SPARC.  Upstream delta:
+
+STABLE14-volprocs-alloc-vnode-instead-of-using-stack-20071126
+
+Debian Bug#448380
+
+--- openafs.orig/src/volser/volprocs.c
++++ openafs/src/volser/volprocs.c
+@@ -210,14 +210,14 @@
+     struct acl_accessList *ACL;
+     ViceFid did;
+     Inode inodeNumber, nearInode;
+-    char buf[SIZEOF_LARGEDISKVNODE];
+-    struct VnodeDiskObject *vnode = (struct VnodeDiskObject *)buf;
++    struct VnodeDiskObject *vnode;
+     struct VnodeClassInfo *vcp = &VnodeClassInfo[vLarge];
+     IHandle_t *h;
+     FdHandle_t *fdP;
+     int code;
+     afs_fsize_t length;
+ 
++    vnode = (struct VnodeDiskObject *)malloc(SIZEOF_LARGEDISKVNODE);
+     memset(vnode, 0, SIZEOF_LARGEDISKVNODE);
+ 
+     V_pref(vp, nearInode);
+@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@
+     VNDISK_GET_LEN(length, vnode);
+     V_diskused(vp) = nBlocks(length);
+ 
++    free(vnode);
+     return 1;
+ }
+ 

diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index ea404a094bcd143a96594740241d7aea593a1e7a..56433e367d6a7a4e70e7f687c50b6634b4a4cae2 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ find-core-files
 ktc-prototypes
 afs-man-name
 linux-2.6.24
+alloc-vnode