On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 04:40:04PM +0000, Ricardo Santos wrote:
> I'm checking the NFS client code to understand it, and I saw this:
>
> -- inode.c
> int nfs_attribute_timeout(struct inode *inode)
> {
> struct nfs_inode *nfsi = NFS_I(inode);
>
> if (nfs_have_delegation(inode, FMODE_READ))
> return 0;
>
> --
>
> So, if a inode has a delegation, will it never be timed out, until the
> delegation been free, right ?
>
> If the delegated inode has been deleted ?
The server should recall the delegation before allowing the delegated
file to be deleted. (The current linux server is buggy--it doesn't do
that. Patches are on the way soon, I hope....)
--b.
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