Re: [PATCH 8/9] pnfs/blocklayout: return layouts on setattr

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On 09/11/2014 07:14 PM, Trond Myklebust wrote:
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> In the files layout case, it is actually quite common for the server
> to hand out an "infinite" sized layout in response to a LAYOUTGET. It
> means that the client doesn't need to ask for a new layout in order to
> append to the file.
> 

You mean to say that: "The Linux files-layout driver only supports infinite
 sized layout, so it is pointless to return a layout which will be returned
 again, exactly the same"

Because I agree that "an infinite sized layout" need not be returned but
an none-infinite should, only we do not have any.

Cheers
Boaz

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