Messages in this thread | | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: knfsd and system crashes | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 1997 23:36:17 -0500 (EST) |
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> I would love for someone to clarify this, although it had always looked > to me that i_version needed to be bumped each time the data in the inode > structure itself (including atime/mtime/ctime) changed. > > It's never fully documented, but I believe that i_version is solely for > the benefit of NFS. Could someone who understands the details of the > NFS protocol explain what the file handle version number is used for? > > - Ted
ROFL! Okay, so who's gonna argue with me again about the kernel code being "self documenting"! As Kelly Bundy would say, "the prostitution rests" :-)
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@netcom.ca
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