Re: [CHECKER] inconsistent NFS stat cache (NFS on ext3, 2.6.11)

[Trond Myklebust]

su den 13.03.2005 Klokka 15:04 (-0500) skreiv Daniel Jacobowitz:

> I can't find any documentation about this, but it seems like the same
> problem that has been causing me headaches lately; when I replace glibc
> from the server side of an nfsroot, the client has a couple of
> variously wrong reads before it sees the new files.  If it breaks NFS
> so badly, why is it the default for the Linux NFS server?

No, that's a very different issue: you are violating the NFS cache
consistency rules if you are changing a file that is being held open by
other machines.
The correct way to do the above is to use GNU install with the '-b'
option: that will rename the version of glibc that is in use, and then
install the new glibc in a different inode.

Cheers,
  Trond
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Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>

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