From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: atimes not updated over NFS Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:31:05 -0500 Message-ID: <1199921465.7638.5.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> References: <20080109101313.GG9212@aym.net2.nerim.net> <1199892437.11141.2.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20080109223748.GH9212@aym.net2.nerim.net> <1199920996.7638.3.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Andre Majorel Return-path: Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.10.15]:47447 "EHLO pat.uio.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756080AbYAIXbJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jan 2008 18:31:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1199920996.7638.3.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:23 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 23:37 +0100, Andre Majorel wrote: > > I'll take your word for it. However, let me assure you that atimes > > somehow used to work over NFS, even for files small enough to fit > > in the cache. Had they been broken, I would have known. I use Mutt. > > How would the server know to update the atime? If the file is in cache > we don't READ. Put differently. Have you checked on the _server_ that the atime is actually changing when you do these tests on the client? Trond