Patch: Implement FSCTL_LMR_REQUEST_RESILIENCY
Jeremy Allison
jra at samba.org
Thu Oct 9 14:04:48 MDT 2014
On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:40:44PM +0200, Michael Adam wrote:
> On 2014-10-08 at 08:21 -0700, Richard Sharpe wrote:
> >
> > OK, so there is more work to do. Why do we need to keep the file open
> > at the UNIX level? Surely it is the same to open it again when the
> > client sends a D2NC or whatever.
>
> We don't strictly need to keep the unix file open
> (as proven by the implementation of durables),
> but this would make several things easier.
> In particular, only this way we would have a chance
> to notice when a non-samba-process tries to access
> the file.
Only easier if we find a way to "park" open
file hanles whilst the owning process goes
away.
IMHO in our current architecture closing and
re-opening would be a much easier first step.
Jeremy.
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