linux-kernel - Re: Failure! Re: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

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Message-ID: <20070419214931.GX24044@iucha.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:49:32 -0500
From:	florin@...ha.net (Florin Iucha)
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	chuck.lever@...cle.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Failure! Re: [PATCH 0/4] 2.6.21-rc7 NFS writes: fix a series of issues

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 05:30:42PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > I'm far from the machine right now, so I will do some more tests
> > tonight, but right now, the new patchset is not good.  What is the
> > difference between reverting the patch you sent yesterday and your
> > current fifth patch?  I assume the other four are identical, right?
> 
> The only difference is the way in which we handle retries of an NFSv4
> request: the new patch disconnects if and only if a timeout has
> occurred, or the server sends us garbage.

I have to mention that I rebased to the head of the tree
(895e1fc7226e6732bc77138955b6c7dfa279f57a) before applying your
patches, in order to test what I expect the official tree to be.

Tonight I'll test this kernel once more, then go back to 21-rc7 and
apply your 5 patches and re-test.

florin

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