Re: [nfsv4] open(O_CREAT) returns EEXISTS on symbolic link created on another system until stat()ed

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On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 10:35:40AM -0600, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> On 03/29/2012 03:17 PM, Dr James Bruce Fields wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 05:08:38PM -0400, Dr James Bruce Fields wrote:
> >>Anyway, something like the following (untested) should change v3 to
> >>return nfs_ok in this case, and v4 to return the same errors it would on
> >>a non-create open.
> >
> >Looking at the history, I think the v3 behavior has been there from the
> >start.  I wonder why we've never gotten a bug report?
> >
> >Looking at wireshark.... I guess the client always does a lookup first,
> >so we never hit this case (unless someone replaces the file by a
> >non-regular-file between a lookup and a create?)
> >
> >--b.
> 
> So, is this all set to eventually make it into the mainline kernel?
> Or is there still something I can do to help move it along?

If you could confirm whether the patch in 

	http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg28840.html

fixes your problem, that would help.

--b.
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