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 Re: Simple NFS v3 write speedup On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:30:07AM -0700, Peter Valchev wrote: > > > It might look safe, but the size of the diff does not say anything about > > > it being safe or not. This really requires very wide testing, and we have > > > no time left for that. > > > > My assertion that the first patch looked safe was not based on the size > > of the diff, rather for these reasons: > > > > 1. It doesn't add any code, but merely changes the logic of one > > conditional so that it evaluates differently and the execution path > > follows an already existing branch. > > > > 2. It has already been applied to NetBSD. > > > > But if it's too late then it's too late. > > To explain a bit further, your logic still does not constitute it safe. > By having much faster NFS writes, it is not unlikely to expose old VFS > bugs and race conditions that we have never hit before... OK, got it. Thanks Peter. Kind regards, Stephen Marley -- Network Systems Engineer, Datacentre Operations Campbell Lee Internet Solutions <http://cl-is.com>      |
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