Hello,

I'm thinking there might even be a better way to cache these bits...

It seems the OS calls nfs_permission() to test each permission bit which 
in turn
causes an otw access rpc for every call (assuming the same person and same
bit is *not* asked for ) and even with Andreas patch's there are at 
least two
rpcs for one access call....

Now what if on the first access call, we get *all* of the access bits 
from the
server and cache them locally (i.e. in cache->mask). That way when 
nfs_permission()
is called again, all if the needed info is there... The attached patch 
does just that
and it really seems to cut down on the amount access rpc needed...

Thoughts?

SteveD.