>From: "James A Goodwin" <jagoodwi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>I'm running XFS 1.0.2 on kernel 2.4.14 and am having the following DMAPI
>problem:
>
>dm_get_fileattr() hangs when an append is in progress.
>
>I have a file with a DMAPI region covering whole file (offset & length both
>set to 0).
>The region has read, write, and truncate events enabled.
>When an append is done and the write event is received, a subsequent call
>to dm_get_fileattr() hangs.
>
>Is this something that has been fixed in a later patch, or is it new?
Not fixed. Sounds like a repeat of something Francis reported a few weeks
ago (appended), which is sitting on my list of things to do.
I guess this is a bigger problem than I had thought. :)
Dean
>>Subject: DMAPI dm_set_region
>>From: "Francis Qu" <francis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:01:05 EST
>>To: <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>When DMAPI application tries to do dm_set_region on a file which is opened
>>for
>>write, both DMAPI application and the user application doing the write
>>operatio
>>n are blocked. The DMAPI application won't come back from dm_set_region utill
>>t
>>he user cancels the write job. Is it the way DMAPI works?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Francis
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