> On Jun 29, 2021, at 2:32 PM, bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 11:43:45AM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: >> I wonder how important this is. If an NFS client unlinks a file that it >> has open, it will be silly_renamed, and if the client then goes silent, >> it might never be removed. So we already theoretically have a >> possibilty of ENOSPC due to silent clients. Have we heard of this >> becoming a problem? > > Oh, that's a good point. I've seen complaints about sillyrename files, > but I can't recall ever seen a single complaint about their causing > ENOSPC. > >> Is there reason to think that the Courteous server changes will make >> this problem more likely? > > So I guess the only new cases the courteous server will introduce are > even less likely (probably just the case where a file is unlinked by a > client other than the one that has it open). > > So I think doing nothing for now is an acceptable alternative.... I'm comfortable with that too. We can keep a careful eye on this as the courteous server moves further along. -- Chuck Lever
