linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH take 2] UBIFS

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Message-ID: <87prribhdx.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Mon, 19 May 2008 14:36:10 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <ext-adrian.hunter@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH take 2] UBIFS - new flash file system

Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com> writes:
>
> Could you please elaborate some more why UBIFS won't ever support nfs export?
> Does NFS export need correct readdir restarts?

Yes, because NFS is stateless. The seek offset has to be valid even over 
a reboot.

If you don't handle it you should probably better forbid nfs export
completely to avoid subtle problems.

-Andi

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