On 23 Sep 2020, at 15:39, Trond Myklebust wrote: > The client can't predict what is going to happen w.r.t. an OPEN call. > If it does an open by name, it doesn't even know which file is going to > get opened. That's why we have the wait loop > in nfs_set_open_stateid_locked(). Why should we not do the same in > CLOSE and OPEN_DOWNGRADE? It's the same problem. I will give it a shot. In the meantime, please consider adding this patch which fixes a real bug today. Thank you for your excellent advice and time. Ben
