Re: How NFS keeps state for getdents()?

To: David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: How NFS keeps state for getdents()?
From: Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu%netbsd.org@localhost>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 07:10:11 +0000

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 05:38:14AM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> Providing stable (or even correct) directory iteration is a Problem
> and there is no particularly good solution. Some file systems
> (eg. xfs) have gone to fairly substantial trouble to try to make this
> work.

That means that if I make multiple getdents, someone may modify directory
content between the calls so that the file pointer sits bewteen two records?

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu%netbsd.org@localhost

References:
- How NFS keeps state for getdents()?
  - From: Emmanuel Dreyfus
- Re: How NFS keeps state for getdents()?
  - From: David Holland

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