From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 09:39:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E84E516A4B3 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EA1343FAF for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 627DD72DA3; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 602F372DA2; Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:39:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Rong-en Fan In-Reply-To: <20030925122004.B867452EFF@muse.csie.ntu.edu.tw> Message-ID: <20030925093901.H8717@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20030925122004.B867452EFF@muse.csie.ntu.edu.tw> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS incorrectly update atime X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 16:40:00 -0000 On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Rong-en Fan wrote: > My application is NFS mail spool, so atime is important to me. > I've tested it on Linux client, it's atime not updated in this case. > So, I don't know if we can fix this or any workaround? This is an exceptionally bad idea, unless your application knows it is talking to NFS. There is no locking and sendmail, etc. expect to be able to use file locking to protect queue files from itself. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org