From: Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com>
Cc: "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>,
"linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [nfsv4] open(O_CREAT) returns EEXISTS on symbolic link created on another system until stat()ed
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:53:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120405165311.GA11707@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F7DC9DC.6090802@cora.nwra.com>
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 10:35:40AM -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> On 03/29/2012 03:17 PM, Dr James Bruce Fields wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 05:08:38PM -0400, Dr James Bruce Fields wrote:
> >>Anyway, something like the following (untested) should change v3 to
> >>return nfs_ok in this case, and v4 to return the same errors it would on
> >>a non-create open.
> >
> >Looking at the history, I think the v3 behavior has been there from the
> >start. I wonder why we've never gotten a bug report?
> >
> >Looking at wireshark.... I guess the client always does a lookup first,
> >so we never hit this case (unless someone replaces the file by a
> >non-regular-file between a lookup and a create?)
> >
> >--b.
>
> So, is this all set to eventually make it into the mainline kernel?
> Or is there still something I can do to help move it along?
If you could confirm whether the patch in
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg28840.html
fixes your problem, that would help.
--b.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-05 16:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-29 16:28 [nfsv4] open(O_CREAT) returns EEXISTS on symbolic link created on another system until stat()ed Orion Poplawski
2012-03-29 16:54 ` Myklebust, Trond
[not found] ` <4F749CCA.3000400@cora.nwra.com>
2012-03-29 17:40 ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-03-29 18:07 ` Orion Poplawski
2012-03-29 19:31 ` Dr James Bruce Fields
2012-03-29 20:16 ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-03-29 20:42 ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-03-29 20:50 ` Dr James Bruce Fields
2012-03-29 20:56 ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-03-29 21:08 ` Dr James Bruce Fields
2012-03-29 21:17 ` Dr James Bruce Fields
2012-04-05 16:35 ` Orion Poplawski
2012-04-05 16:53 ` Bruce Fields [this message]
2012-04-05 20:17 ` Orion Poplawski
2012-04-09 22:32 ` Bruce Fields
2012-04-09 22:58 ` Bruce Fields
2012-03-30 17:12 ` Peter Staubach
2012-03-30 17:20 ` Myklebust, Trond
2012-03-29 20:43 ` Dr James Bruce Fields
2012-03-29 20:50 ` Myklebust, Trond
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