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Date:      26 Apr 2002 18:07:15 -0700
From:      Bjoern Groenvall <bg@sics.se>
To:        Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFS clearing attribute cache in nfs_open
Message-ID:  <wuelh26jb0.fsf@bg.sics.se>
In-Reply-To: Brian Candler's message of "Fri, 26 Apr 2002 18:15:35 %2B0100"
References:  <20020426181535.B2748@linnet.org>

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SunOS 4 used to have a NFS mount mount option nocto (no close to open
consistency checking) that would suppress getting fresh attributes
when opening a file. IMHO it is ok to enable this option on
filesystems that never change (or atleast rarely). I always used it
when mounting /usr on diskless systems. It put less load on the server
and also eliminated some delays. One may also safely enable this
option on filesystems that are accesed from only one host at a
time.

It all boils down to if there is no writing or sharing, then, there
can be no inconsistencies if nocto is enabled.

Hope this helps,
Björn

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