On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:36 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > If you have an easy reproducer it might also be worth experimenting with > NFSv4 exports of an ext4 system mounted with the i_version option. I may give that a try. > Actually: should the NFSv4 server always be using i_version as the > change attribute for directories? (Does every exportable filesystem > update it on every directory modification?) It appears to be an option for ext4. I do not see it referenced in XFS. > (And if so, maybe on directories we should factor the i_version into the > low bits of the mtime reported to NFSv3 client?) Probably a bad idea. Runs the risk of "change file A then change file B" resulting in backwards timestamps, which is even worse than 4 millisecond timestamps. - Pat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
