NFSv4 read delegations should be broken on anything that modifies file metadata, or modifies (by rename, link, or unlink) any of the links that point to the file. It's going to take a while longer to finish vfs patches that solve the problem completely; for now I wonder if an (incomplete) nfsd-only fix would be worthwhile? --b. -- 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