linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v3] vfs: make fstatat retry once on ESTALE errors from getattr call

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Message-ID: <87zka2qxgs.fsf@tucsk.pomaz.szeredi.hu>
Date:	Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:28:19 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	Malahal Naineni <malahal@...ibm.com>,
	Steve Dickson <SteveD@...hat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	hch@...radead.org, michael.brantley@...haw.com,
	sven.breuner@...m.fraunhofer.de, chuck.lever@...cle.com,
	pstaubach@...grid.com, trond.myklebust@....uio.no, rees@...ch.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v3] vfs: make fstatat retry once on ESTALE errors from getattr call

Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com> writes:

>
> Ok, but again, that only applies to the lookup. It has no bearing on
> the subsequent operation. For instance, if we're doing:
>
>      rename("/foo", "/bar");
>
> ...and another client is simultaneously doing:
>
>      creat("/bar/baz", 0600);
>
> ...and we get back ESTALE from the server on the create because the
> "old" /bar got replaced after the lookup of it. Then it seems like
> returning -ENOENT would not be correct since there was never a time
> where /bar didn't exist...

It may not be "correct" according to some standard.  But it's what Linux
does since day one on *all* filesystems.  And probably other OS's that
have remotely scalable lookup routines.

Thanks,
Miklos
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