FC4: Hard link count is wrong?

[Paul Howarth]

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.