From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Lever Subject: Re: [PATCH 000 of 2] A couple of possible nfs client patches Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:57:44 -0500 Message-ID: <45ED8168.4050203@oracle.com> References: <20070306163710.8128.patches@notabene> Reply-To: chuck.lever@oracle.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------060503090900080403050108" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, Trond Myklebust To: NeilBrown Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HOb8P-00068o-Oi for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:59:26 -0800 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HOb8O-0004iw-HX for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:59:28 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20070306163710.8128.patches@notabene> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060503090900080403050108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NeilBrown wrote: > Hi Trond, > I wonder if you would consider the following two patches. > > The first fixes a real bug that is trivial to demonstrate: script > below. The problem is that the fattr which is extracted from > READDIRPLUS results does not get a ->time_start set. This can result > is incorrect attributes being set on files. > > The second is really a work-around for a deeper problem (invalidate_inode_pages2 > racing with do_no_page) but has value in itself I think. It extents the combination > -o nolock,nocto > to avoid flush and invalidate on locking requests. This sounds like the behavior enabled by the 'llock' mount option on Solaris. Is that your intent? IMO it is a clever idea to enable 'llock' behavior on Linux with the combination of already existing mount options. --------------060503090900080403050108 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="chuck.lever.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="chuck.lever.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Chuck Lever n:Lever;Chuck org:Oracle Corporation;Corporate Architecture Linux Projects Group email;internet:chuck dot lever at nospam oracle dot com title:Principal Member of Staff tel;work:+1 248 614 5091 x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard --------------060503090900080403050108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV --------------060503090900080403050108 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs --------------060503090900080403050108--