linux-kernel - Re: slow open() calls and o

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Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:59:19 -0400
From:	"Aaron Wiebe" <epiphani@...il.com>
To:	"Neil Brown" <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: slow open() calls and o_nonblock

On 6/3/07, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
>
> Have you tried the "nocto" mount option for your NFS filesystems.
>
> The cache-coherency rules of NFS require the client to check with the
> server at each open.  If you are the sole client on this filesystem,
> then you don't need the same cache-coherency, and "nocto" will tell
> the NFS client not to both checking with the server in information is
> available in cache.

No I haven't - I will research this a little further today.  While
we're not the only client using these filesystems, this process is
(currently) the only process that writes to these files.  Thanks for
the suggestion.

-Aaron
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