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From: Gregory Giguashvili <Gregoryg@ParadigmGeo.com>
To: "'trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no'" <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Cc: "Linux Kernel (E-mail)" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: O_SYNC option doesn't work (2.4.18-3)
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 21:24:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <EE83E551E08D1D43AD52D50B9F511092E114E3@ntserver2> (raw)


>Furthermore, even with 'noac' they *all* have problems with races in
>the sort of scenario you describe because there is no atomic
>GETATTR+READ operation.
>
>Bottom line: If you want the sort of data cache consistency you are
>describing, you *have* to use file locking.
File locking, meaning lockd? There are so many problems with file locking in
heterogeneous environments that we were moving towards dropping its usage.
Instead, we planned to use some home grown TCP based lock server mechanism. 

I understand that locking file flushes NFS cache, isn't it? Why can't it be
flushed by O_SYNC and "sync" options presence? This would make the life much
easier for programmers...

This means that we will never be able to drop lockd locking and at the same
time achieve file consistency via NFS?

Best,
Giga

             reply	other threads:[~2002-08-07 18:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-08-07 19:24 Gregory Giguashvili [this message]
2002-08-07 19:38 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 21:55 ` Alan Cox
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-08-08 14:57 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-08 15:37 ` Daniel Forrest
2002-08-08 13:48 Jesse Pollard
     [not found] <fa.jepn5rv.uiqrqe@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.gkqj0av.c661ad@ifi.uio.no>
2002-08-08  7:11   ` Giacomo Catenazzi
2002-08-08  8:06     ` Willy Tarreau
2002-08-08 12:36       ` Alan Cox
2002-08-07 20:48 Jesse Pollard
2002-08-08 10:07 ` Martin Brulisauer
2002-08-07 19:30 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-08 13:42 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 18:54 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-07 18:13 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 18:39 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-07 17:43 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 18:15 Jesse Pollard
2002-08-07 17:31 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-07 17:19 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 17:24 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-07 16:31 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 17:17 Gregory Giguashvili
2002-08-07 16:24 ` Trond Myklebust
2002-08-07 20:20   ` Benjamin LaHaise

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