From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Malahal Naineni Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v3] vfs: make fstatat retry once on ESTALE errors from getattr call Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:37:26 -0500 Message-ID: <20120420203725.GA3512@us.ibm.com> References: <1334316311-22331-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1334749927-26138-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <20120420104055.511e15bc@tlielax.poochiereds.net> <4F91C49D.8070908@RedHat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jeff Layton , linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, miklos-sUDqSbJrdHQHWmgEVkV9KA@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, chuck.lever-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, pstaubach-83r9SdEf25FBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org, bfields-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org, trond.myklebust-41N18TsMXrtuMpJDpNschA@public.gmane.org, rees-63aXycvo3TyHXe+LvDLADg@public.gmane.org To: Steve Dickson Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4F91C49D.8070908-AfCzQyP5zfLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Steve Dickson [SteveD-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org] wrote: > > 2) if we assume that it is fairly representative of one, how can we > > achieve retrying indefinitely with NFS, or at least some large finite > > amount? > The amount of looping would be peer speculation. If the problem can > not be handled by one simple retry I would say we simply pass the > error up to the app... Its an application issue... As someone said, ESTALE is an incorrect errno for a path based call. How about turning ESTALE into ENOENT after a retry or few retries? Regards, Malahal. -- 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