Re: knfsd and system crashes

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 08:42:15 +0000 (GMT)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: Hans-Christoph Rohland: "Re: Ideas for memory management hackers (2)"
Previous message: Dean Gaudet: "Re: Select 2.1.65"
In reply to: Rob Hagopian: "Re: Ideas for memory management hackers (2)"

> > It's never fully documented, but I believe that i_version is solely for
> > the benefit of NFS. Could someone who understands the details of the
> > NFS protocol explain what the file handle version number is used for?
>
> ROFL! Okay, so who's gonna argue with me again about the kernel
> code being "self documenting"! As Kelly Bundy would say,
> "the prostitution rests" :-)

i_version was (I assume still is) used by an inode put and other code
to check if it needs to issue a new nfs_getattr or set calls when it
works on the inode

Next message: Hans-Christoph Rohland: "Re: Ideas for memory management hackers (2)"
Previous message: Dean Gaudet: "Re: Select 2.1.65"
In reply to: Rob Hagopian: "Re: Ideas for memory management hackers (2)"