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On 2/27/15 7:32 AM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
>> for example it caches information when it shouldn't, even from 'dynamic' file
>> systems
>> We had to change the code to disable  it as our data is synthetic and might
>> change between reads.
>> fstat info is also cached and confused our apps mightily.
> You are of course planning to file bug reports about these issues, I
> presume?
>
> -Ben
>
>
First I hope to actually understand the problems.