Return-Path: Received: from tac.ki.iif.hu ([193.6.222.43]:44470 "EHLO tac.ki.iif.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751127Ab1BKM11 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:27:27 -0500 Received: from wferi by tac.ki.iif.hu with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Pns5u-00079m-70 for linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:27:26 +0100 From: Ferenc Wagner To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Seemingly inconsistent directory state under NFSv4 Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:27:26 +0100 Message-ID: <87sjvuiwnl.fsf@tac.ki.iif.hu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Hi, In our somewhat mixed NFSv4 setup (Linux 2.6.32 Debian squeeze server, a 2.6.26 and a 2.6.32 Debian lenny client) we sometimes experience the following: removing a file on the 2.6.26 client makes that file disappear from the directory listing of the 2.6.32 client, but the file itself remains accessible by its old -- now nonexistent -- name there. Is such a confusing state expected, or is this the manifestation of some bug? -- Thanks, Feri.