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RE: xfs + knfsd w/ sync exports

To: "'Steve Lord'" <lord@xxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: xfs + knfsd w/ sync exports
From: "Christian, Chip" <chip.christian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:41:55 -0400
Cc: "Linux XFS (E-mail)" <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "NFS list (E-mail)" <nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the quick turnaround!

        -Chip

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lord [mailto:lord@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:38
To: Christian, Chip
Cc: Linux XFS (E-mail); NFS list (E-mail)
Subject: Re: xfs + knfsd w/ sync exports 


> The answer could very well be "don't use sync exports with a journaling files
> ystem", but I thought I'd throw this out there so it's at least a documented 
> restriction...  
> 
> I'm running 2.4.2-SGI_XFS_0.10.4d1 with knfsd, supporting NFS v3.  Mounted a 
> XFS filesystem through RedHat's new multipath code, exported the filesystem (
> rw,no_subtree_check,sync).
> 

A fix will show up in the development cvs tree shortly, and will be in the
next spin of the rpm images. This was a case of the fsync code not being
brought upto date with kernel interface changes over time - the only
place it mattered from is sync NFS. Time to go beat up the tester who
was running NFS tests - looks like mount options were not on his list.

Steve


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