Re: unlink within an open directory stream

["Matt W. Benjamin" <matt@linuxbox.com>]

Hi,

----- "Trond Myklebust" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 14:55 -0400, Matt W. Benjamin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Boaz:  we do not any longer send a readdir index.  We do send a
> cookieverf.
> 
> Uhh... That would be so broken, that I can't imagine that is true...

I think you're misreading my statement.  My intended meaning had to do with Ganesha's generator
for the cookies themselves.  It's not relevant.

> 
> > Fist of all, I haven't established that the issue we're actually
> observing is caused
> > by the Linux client sending old cookies to readdir(something). 
> However, if it is,
> > it's in no way better to try to make cookies "more persistent."  Nor
> should the Linux
> > client be expecting it.  The assumption is simply flawed.  The
> protocol introduced
> > cookie verifier (a LONG time ago) for a reason.
> 
> Bullshit... The cookie verifier is unimplementable. Feel free to try
> or
> to show me an implementation that works. However I refuse to waste
> any
> more of my time trying to make that crap work, having already wasted
> several months of my life doing just that.

There must be something I'm missing here, but ok.

> 
> -- 
> Trond Myklebust
> Linux NFS client maintainer
> 
> NetApp
> Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com
> www.netapp.com

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