Re: [PATCH] nfs:Fix error checking in the function nfs4_proc_setattr

[Trond Myklebust]

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This fixes error checking in the function
> nfs4_proc_setattr to properly check and
> return a error code if the call to the
> function pnfs_commit_and_return_layout
> has failed by returning a error code
> as we cannot continue in the function
> nfs4_proc_settattr after this error
> code has been returned by the function,
> pnfs_commit_and_return.

Why not? It really is just advisory... On those architectures that
require it, the pNFS server still has a responsibility to recall any
outstanding layouts anyway when it receives a SETATTR call. The
pnfs_commit_and_return here should mainly be an optimisation to avoid
an unnecessary recall from the server, but we don't need to rely on
it.

Cheers
  Trond
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