From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: cluster-coherent leases Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 17:40:21 -0400 Message-ID: <1180647624483-git-send-email-bfields@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: David Teigland , nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, Marc Eshel To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HtsOp-0000bE-EQ for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 31 May 2007 14:41:39 -0700 Received: from pear.citi.umich.edu ([141.211.133.128]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HtsOr-00030d-A2 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 31 May 2007 14:41:42 -0700 List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net NFSv4 uses leases to offer clients better caching. Unfortunately that doesn't work well on a cluster filesystem, since leases are acquired only locally. So, add the following patches add new lease and break methods, and a simple lease implementation for GFS2 that just refuses to grant any leases for now. Opinions? --b. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs