Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Questions on NFS client inode management. | From | Trond Myklebust <> | Date | 11 Sep 2001 22:21:34 +0200 |
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>>>>> " " == xiangping chen <chen> writes:
> Hi, I have a question on inode management for NFS client. It > seems that the inodes created on a NFS client for a mounted nfs > file system stays around until the file being removed. Is there > any limits on how many inodes are allowed in memory for NFS? > What kind of behavior we expect if a malicious/careless > application just keeps creating new files and flood the kernel > memory with inodes created?
The same behaviour as for local files: as memory goes low, the ordinary reclaiming schemes kick in, and all should be hunky-dory. Of course in the *real world*, ...
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