Re: atimes not updated over NFS

[Andre Majorel <aym-xunil-Bi/FLWfhfolQFI55V6+gNQ@public.gmane.org>]

On 2008-01-09 18:23 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 23:37 +0100, Andre Majorel wrote:
>
> > I'll take your word for it. However, let me assure you that atimes
> > somehow used to work over NFS, even for files small enough to fit
> > in the cache. Had they been broken, I would have known. I use Mutt.
>=20
> How would the server know to update the atime? If the file is in cach=
e
> we don't READ.

You tell me. All I can tell you is that Mutt used to work so
atimes were updated one way or another.

As of 2.6.23, access times are never updated, even for files that
are too big to fit in the cache. I'm willing to run tests if that
helps.

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