On May 02 2022, Laszlo Ersek <lersek(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On 05/01/22 18:35, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am developing a new nbdkit plugin, and occasionally I am getting
> errors like this:
>
> |nbdkit: s3backer.8: error: write reply: NBD_CMD_WRITE: Broken pipe
> nbdkit: s3backer.15: error: write reply: NBD_CMD_WRITE: Broken pipe|
>
>
> (where "s3backer" is the plugin name).
>
> I am not sure what to make of these. Can someone advise?
>
> Looking at the nbdkit source, it looks to me like these are generated
> when there is a problem sending a reply to the nbd client. On the other
> hand, I am using the standard 'nbd-client' program through a Unix
> socket, so I'd think this should not result in errors...?
If your plugin managed to crash nbd-client remotely, that would be
consistent with this symptom.
Ah, that helps. I'll keep an eye out for this.
Best,
-Nikolaus
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