Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-ie0-f170.google.com ([209.85.223.170]:38116 "EHLO mail-ie0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751455Ab3FYWGG (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:06:06 -0400 Received: by mail-ie0-f170.google.com with SMTP id e11so30039157iej.29 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:06:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:06:05 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: NFS4 Lock Lease From: Wendy Cheng To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Wendy Cheng wrote: > I have not looked at how NFS4 handles its lock lease yet. Could > someone pass few pointers ? The specific question I have is the > perpetuity issue - that is, how does (or will) NFS4 lock lease prevent > a lock owner from taking the lock for an extended duration (or even > indefinitely) ? > I believe I asked a very dumb question .. "lease" is associated with a time period - so perpetuity is not an issue at all. I have no idea why I got confused few minutes ago :) -- Wendy