Bill Sommerfeld wrote:
> >  > > > 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.

What about returning succes, but zero length data ? Is it possible ?
Does it have any drawbacks ?

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