FC4: Hard link count is wrong?

[Hongwei Li]

> Hongwei Li wrote:
>> I installed a single, fresh fc4 system, kernel 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4.  When I
>> run
>> find command, I got a warning such as:
>>
>> # find / -name sendmail -print
>> /etc/log.d/scripts/services/sendmail
>> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail
>> /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
>> find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /proc: this may be a bug in your
>> filesystem driver.  Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option.  Earlier
>> results may have failed to include directories that should have been
>> searched.
>> /usr/lib/sendmail
>> /usr/sbin/sendmail
>> /var/lock/subsys/sendmail
>>
>> What does this warning mean?  Any bug in my filesystem?  How to find the
>> bug?
>> If I run:
>>
>> # find / -noleaf -name sendmail -print
>>
>> then, no warning with the same outputs of other things.  The man page of
>> find
>> shows the same text as in fc3, but I never got such warning in my several
>> fc3
>> systems.  So, what is the change from fc3 to fc4 in the command find?  Why
>> do
>> we need this change (I never have any problem in fc3 with command find)?
>> Should I always use -noleaf option with find in fc4? or, in wchich cases the
>> option -noleaf should be used and in which cases -noleaf should not be used?
>
> Well-known issue with FC4 kernels.
>
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/162418
>
> Paul.
>
>

Thanks for the information.  It seems that this problem has not been fixed, or
even no clue where the problem possibly is.  I have to wait...

Hongwei