Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] NFSD: handle GETATTR conflict with write delegation

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> On May 23, 2023, at 2:02 AM, Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 5/22/23 7:43 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 04:52:39PM -0700, Dai Ngo wrote:
>>> If the GETATTR request on a file that has write delegation in effect
>>> and the request attributes include the change info and size attribute
>>> then the write delegation is recalled and NFS4ERR_DELAY is returned
>>> for the GETATTR.
>> Isn't this yet another case where the server should send the
>> CB_RECALL and wait for it briefly, before resorting to
>> NFS4ERR_DELAY?
> 
> Think about this more, I don't think we even need to recall the
> delegation at all. The Linux client does not flush the dirty file
> data before returning the delegation so the GETATTR still get stale
> attributes at the server. And the spec is not explicitly requires
> the delegation to be recalled.

I'm trying to get some feedback from other server implementers
about this. I'm willing to consider dropping this patch for now.


--
Chuck Lever






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