From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] vfs: make fstatat retry on ESTALE errors from getattr call Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:45:49 -0400 Message-ID: <20120417154549.GA27426@fieldses.org> References: <4F8C3036.2030702@itwm.fraunhofer.de> <20120416134642.1754cd3e@corrin.poochiereds.net> <1334604785.2879.23.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20120416154322.0d95e435@corrin.poochiereds.net> <1334607906.2879.36.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20120416190548.2463d1d0@corrin.poochiereds.net> <87sjg2o62z.fsf@tucsk.pomaz.szeredi.hu> <20120417093222.2ff5e1bd@corrin.poochiereds.net> <1334671473.2963.27.camel@lade.trondhjem.org.localdomain> <20120417102035.2236e553@corrin.poochiereds.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Myklebust, Trond" , Miklos Szeredi , Bernd Schubert , Malahal Naineni , "linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "pstaubach-83r9SdEf25FBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org" , "viro-3bDd1+5oDREiFSDQTTA3OLVCufUGDwFn@public.gmane.org" , "hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org" , "michael.brantley-Iq/kdjr4a97QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , "sven.breuner-mPn0NPGs4xGatNDF+KUbs4QuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org" To: Jeff Layton Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120417102035.2236e553-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 10:20:35AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > Well, it's possible, but it seems pathological to me for a server to do > that... > > Bruce and I were discussing this the other day. It would be good to add > something like this to the RFCs: > > "On a PUTFH, a server SHOULD hold a reference to the filehandle such For "filehandle" I'd specify "current and saved filehandle". > that it does not go stale over the life of the compound." And that's *much* less of a burden on the server than requiring that the compound execute atomically. > ...or something along those lines. That's a different matter though and > not directly related to this. :) Yes. --b. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html