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To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
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Subject: Re: nfs and getattr
References: <20030318014700.GA28769@werewolf.able.es>
From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Date: 18 Mar 2003 04:04:46 +0100
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>>>>> " " == J A Magallon <J.A.> writes:

     > What is that ton of getattr ? Do they come from nfs itself or
     > must be done by the reader via stat()s (perhaps it checks for
     > file presence before opening) ?

See the fine Linux Kernel archives.

They come mainly from open(). Use the "nocto" option if you think you
can do without them, but *do not* do so if you think there might be
any chance whatsoever of 1 machine having to access a file that
another machine has written.

Cheers,
  Trond
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