Subject: Re: nfs servers and 5 minute VOP_READ's
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@orchard.arlington.ma.us>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/16/1999 19:04:00
>  > > > The client would map the error to "some unknown error happened",
>  > > > most probably EIO, and return that to the system call.
>  > 
>  > Hmm. for V2 clients, returning "stale file handle" might give.. better
>  > .. results.
> 
> Ack.. that causes the client to fail w/ ESTALE.

If you return *anything* other than success to a V2 client, the read
will likely fail with some error code.  Failing with ESTALE is better
than failing with a random indeterminate error.

						- Bill