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A kernel change breaks GlusterFS

A kernel change breaks GlusterFS

Posted Mar 28, 2013 19:35 UTC (Thu) by xorbe (subscriber, #3165)
Parent article: A kernel change breaks GlusterFS

This whole mess is one big hack. Sounds like NFS should have a defined spare field just for cookie usage.


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A kernel change breaks GlusterFS

Posted Mar 28, 2013 19:52 UTC (Thu) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

Why, it already has a field for the cookie, what benefit would a second field provide?

A kernel change breaks GlusterFS

Posted Mar 28, 2013 21:02 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

Larger cookie size. 64 bits are not really enough for a lots of uses.

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