[Linux-cluster] Re: GFS
Christoph Hellwig
hch at infradead.org
Thu Aug 11 16:35:41 UTC 2005
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 09:33:41AM -0700, Zach Brown wrote:
> ordering when multiple file systems are concerned. It doesn't record
> the ranges of the mappings involved so Lustre can't properly use its
> range locks.
That doesn't matter. Please don't put in any effort for lustre special
cases - they are unwilling to cooperate and they'll get what they deserve.
> And finally, it doesn't prohibit mapping operations for
> the duration of the IO -- the whole reason we ended up in this thread in
> the first place :)
>
> Christoph, would you be interested in looking at a more thorough patch
> if I threw one together?
Sure, I'm not sure that'll happen in a timely fashion, though.
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