On Mon, 2012-03-26 at 14:55 -0400, Matt W. Benjamin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Boaz: we do not any longer send a readdir index. We do send a cookieverf.
Uhh... That would be so broken, that I can't imagine that is true...
> Fist of all, I haven't established that the issue we're actually observing is caused
> by the Linux client sending old cookies to readdir(something). However, if it is,
> it's in no way better to try to make cookies "more persistent." Nor should the Linux
> client be expecting it. The assumption is simply flawed. The protocol introduced
> cookie verifier (a LONG time ago) for a reason.
Bullshit... The cookie verifier is unimplementable. Feel free to try or
to show me an implementation that works. However I refuse to waste any
more of my time trying to make that crap work, having already wasted
several months of my life doing just that.
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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer
NetApp
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