linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.xx: NFS: directory motion/cam2 contains a readdir loop

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:39:37 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: 2.6.xx: NFS: directory motion/cam2 contains a readdir loop

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 03:35:01PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> Currently I do not see any dupes, however I have a script that moves
> images out of the directory once an hour:
> 0 * * * * /usr/local/bin/move_to_old2.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

Do you keep adding files to the directory while you move files out?
What's the rate of additions/removals to the directory?

If we add files to the directory while removing others we could easily
re-use the same offset for a different file.

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