Re: nfs and getattr

From: Trond Myklebust (trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 22:04:46 EST


>>>>> " " == J A Magallon <J.A.> writes:

> What is that ton of getattr ? Do they come from nfs itself or
> must be done by the reader via stat()s (perhaps it checks for
> file presence before opening) ?

See the fine Linux Kernel archives.

They come mainly from open(). Use the "nocto" option if you think you
can do without them, but *do not* do so if you think there might be
any chance whatsoever of 1 machine having to access a file that
another machine has written.

Cheers,
  Trond
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