In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Trond Myklebust writes: > > On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 17:40 -0400, Erez Zadok wrote: [...] > > Trond, I was able to narrow down the problem w/o using unionfs at all (yay! > > :-). All I do is setup a loop device, mkfs it as ext2, mount it, then > > export it to localhost and mount it locally as nfs2. I go and touch a new > > file in the ext2 directory. Then I readdir the export point to find the new > > file indeed. Then I stat(1) the new file, and get the appropriate stat > > output. Now the strange thing is that right after the stat through the > > export point, the file DISAPPEARS from the lower ext2 dir, but REAPPEARS a > > few seconds later. > > Let me get this straight: > > 1) You create the file on the server > 2) You readdir the file from the client > 3) You stat the file from the client > > ....with the result that the file disappears from sight on the server?
Yup. > That would indicate some dcache issues with the server code. What export > options are you using? The explicit command I use is: exportfs -o no_root_squash,rw localhost:/n/export/b0 The options recorded in exportfs -v: /n/export/b0 localhost.localdomain(rw,wdelay,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check,anonuid=65534,anongid=65534) Erez. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
