Messages in this thread | | | From | Terje Malmedal <> | Subject | Re: directory notification. | Date | Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:22:49 +0100 |
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[Stephen Rothwell] > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:44:29 +0100 Terje Malmedal <terje.malmedal@usit.uio.no> wrote: >> >> Modifications of existing files via NFS are not picked up by the >> directory notification system. >> >> kernel is 2.4.22, I'm testing with the example program from >> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/dnotify.txt >> >> I get notifications on the following: >> nfs-server# echo hello >> existing.file >> nfs-client# echo hello > new.file >> >> But not on this: >> nfs-client# echo hello >> existing.file >> >> I guess the problem of detecting changes done via NFS is similar to >> the problem of multiple hard-links to the same file, which is >> documented as not supported. >> >> Is this something that can be fixed, or is it going to be too >> difficult to go from NFS-handle and back to the directory it came >> from?
> Are you running the program that expects notifies on the NFS server or the > client?
On the server of course.
> If on the client, you will never get notifies for modifications > made on the server or other clients. If on the server, it needs looking > at as you should get the notifies (I think - it has been a while since I > last looked at the NFS server code).
It would be very nice if this could be fixed.
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