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From: bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields)
To: David Noveck <davenoveck@gmail.com>
Cc: "Mkrtchyan, Tigran" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>,
	linux-nfs-owner <linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-nfs <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, NFSv4 <nfsv4@ietf.org>,
	Ganesha-devel <devel@lists.nfs-ganesha.org>
Subject: Re: [nfsv4] file size and getattr
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:46:06 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190226194606.GA12035@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADaq8jdp7qVOE9aKui-tgrk00hVmNVXP=yjQ_G-RtGm+G4VrYw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:50:21AM -0500, David Noveck wrote:
> For example, if you (or another client) read data written unstably,
> and there was been no restart you will see bytes past the eof as known
> by the metadata server.

Possibly worth noting that if there *is* a restart, all bets are off.

And how do you know there hasn't been a restart?  Or if you can figure
that out (e.g. if you're using sessions), how do you know when clients
have finished retransmitting unstable write data?

I'd be curious what prompted the original question.

--b.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2019-02-26 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <CADaq8je2Ap4oAZAPOguaWctUs8dQ=Q9g=TO39EOiJW5EJSFTGg@mail.gmail.com>
2019-02-22 23:25   ` file size and getattr Marc Eshel
     [not found]     ` <CADaq8jfT=nxmVPz4mDRFAaOx36uxWqKbxitqS-YH3GCOs4CsrQ@mail.gmail.com>
2019-02-25  8:49       ` [nfsv4] " Mkrtchyan, Tigran
2019-02-26  2:54         ` Rick Macklem
2019-02-26  3:23           ` Rick Macklem
2019-02-26 12:48             ` Trond Myklebust
2019-02-27  0:13               ` Rick Macklem
2019-02-27  1:12                 ` Trond Myklebust
     [not found]                   ` <CADaq8jfcFCuM5u30bXqTvg+0Hc-V+1VO9aUdSJLA090j48LCvA@mail.gmail.com>
2019-02-27 18:05                     ` Trond Myklebust
     [not found]         ` <CADaq8jdp7qVOE9aKui-tgrk00hVmNVXP=yjQ_G-RtGm+G4VrYw@mail.gmail.com>
2019-02-26 19:46           ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]

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