Re: Fwd: Re: A new look at old NFS readdir() problems?

Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:
> Would it make sense for ONLY drop database to have the above loop?

Not really.  We'd just be papering over the most-easily-observable
consequence of readdir's malfeasance.  There'd still be problems
like basebackups omitting files, missed fsyncs potentially leading
to data loss, etc.

I am sort of wondering though why we've not heard reports of this
many times before.  Did FreeBSD recently change something in this
area?  Also, if as they argue it's a fundamental problem in the NFS
protocol, why are we failing to reproduce it with other clients?

			regards, tom lane