It definitely tests multiple clients.  It has lots of tests that should 
be returning STALE.  I'm not sure if the exact scenario you want tested 
is there, but there's quite a bit being tested.

Daniel

On 01/17/2017 11:59 AM, Sandeep Joshi wrote:
>
> Do the pynfs tests verify if the FSAL correctly handles multiple NFS
> clients correctly ?
> For example, how to check if stale file handles are being invalidated ?
>
> -Sandeep
>
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 7:59 PM, Daniel Gryniewicz <d...@redhat.com
> <mailto:d...@redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     For NFS specific tests, pynfs tests this kind of thing.  I'm not
>     personally aware of any other correctness tests that use standard
>     file APIs.
>
>     Daniel
>
>     On 01/16/2017 04:40 PM, Kevin C. wrote:
>     > Frank asked: What sorts of tests?
>     >
>     > My answer:
>     >
>     > I am hoping to benefit from the experience of this group since
>     this group has spent much more time than I working with NFS-Ganesha
>     (and perhaps other file systems). I hope that this group has
>     identified useful tests (beside throughput tests). For example; a
>     file data write test would not only confirm that the write function
>     did not report errors but would also read back previously written
>     data to verify that the contents remain correct. Reads immediately
>     after write are very likely to read back from cache so I expect a
>     good test program would allow read back validation of data at a
>     later time (e.g. after reboot). This group is probably more
>     knowledgeable than I am regarding the many possible file system
>     operations: create, delete, open, close, read, write, get attribute,
>     set attribute, etc.
>     >
>     >
>     > On 01/16/2017 02:59 PM, Frank Filz wrote:
>     >>> I'm looking for file system operation/stability test programs.
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> I'm most interested in test programs that do many file
>     operations that are
>     >>> then verified rather than programs that concentrate on
>     performance tests.
>     >> What sorts of tests? There is the pjd-fstest test suite that
>     tests POSIX
>     >> compliance.
>     >>
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