Re: Linux 2.6.11.1

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 12:44:31PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

 > wrt the nfsd patches, Neil said:
 > 
 > The problem they fix is that currently:
 >     Client A holds a lock
 >     Client B tries to get the lock and blocks
 >     Client A drops the lock
 >   **Client B doesn't get the lock immediately, but has to wait for a
 >            timeout. (several seconds)

Sounds like a performance thing than "oh my god the world is falling apart"
type thing.  Given it recovers after a few seconds, is it worth it ?

		Dave

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