Subject: Re: Relaxing NFS wcc checks
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv84@gmail.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/01/2006 09:16:03
On 11/1/06, YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
> > > > This causes problems when a file is
> > > > accessed/created/whatever and the cached data is inserted on the exact
> > > > same nanosecond in the wcc.
> > >
> > > what problem are you talking about?
> > > the message itself isn't a problem.  it means the client is trying
> > > to avoid problems.
> >
> > But why is it considered a problem if the times are _equal_?
>
> please read a url uwe provided.

I did, but didn't understand it at first (most likely because it said
that file systems should be converted to use microtime and tmpfs is
already using it).  Now I think I do.

Could it be very difficult to improve the comment in the function to
include the mail's first paragraph?

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