From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Cc: fumihiko kakuma <kakmy@mvh.biglobe.ne.jp>,
util-linux@math.uio.no, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: NFS mount count is incremented incorrectly
Date: 14 Aug 2003 23:40:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <shsoeyr4e5o.fsf@charged.uio.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16188.13494.650071.936039@gargle.gargle.HOWL>
>>>>> " " == Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> writes:
> The MOUNT protocol is simply not a reliable way to keep rmtab
> exactly correct. Tinkering may improve the situation but it
> can never make it perfect.
Seconded...
There is no way you can make this work exactly. It suffices for the
client to crash before it has sent the UNMOUNT request to the server
in order to screw up the accounting in rmtab.
Cheers,
Trond
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-14 4:27 NFS mount count is incremented incorrectly fumihiko kakuma
2003-08-15 1:17 ` Neil Brown
2003-08-15 6:40 ` Trond Myklebust [this message]
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