From: "Ara.T.Howard" Subject: Re: client side noac Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:17:06 -0600 (MDT) Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: References: <1088186851.4333.65.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <1088191021.4333.75.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <1088192302.4333.83.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Reply-To: "Ara.T.Howard" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BeLU1-0006cI-55 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:17:13 -0700 Received: from harp.ngdc.noaa.gov ([140.172.187.26]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1BeLU0-0007EP-N0 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:17:13 -0700 To: Trond Myklebust In-Reply-To: <1088192302.4333.83.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Trond Myklebust wrote: > open() should not cause cache flushes unless it detects that the file > has been modified. > > As for whether or not lookups are cached: We check the mtime of the > parent directory in order to find out whether or not it has changed. If > it has, then we do a new lookup of the file. > > Cheers, > Trond so i can see how opening a file may result in a later ESTALE (mtime caching) but how could open ITSELF return ESTALE? this is the behaviour i'm seeing. confused. -a -- =============================================================================== | EMAIL :: Ara [dot] T [dot] Howard [at] noaa [dot] gov | PHONE :: 303.497.6469 | A flower falls, even though we love it; | and a weed grows, even though we do not love it. | --Dogen =============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs