Bug#536665: option to hard-block while network connection is down
On Sun, 12 Jul 2009, martin f krafft wrote: Package: sshfs Version: 2.2-1 Severity: wishlist It would be nice to have an option like NFS 'hard', which would require 'reconnect' and basically causes all filesystem operations to block until the connection to the remote is back. Right now, if a connection is lost and cannot be re-established, there's an I/O error: It's not as simple as that. NFSv3 is a stateless protocol, it doesn't associate state with open files. SFTP on the other hand has stateful opens. Yes, we could try to re-open files on reconnection but that will not always succeed (permissions changed, file removed, etc). To summarize, sshfs will never match NFS in correctness, it will always remain a somewhat hackish (but still useful) network filesystem. Thanks, Miklos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#536665: option to hard-block while network connection is down
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Miklos Szeredi mik...@szeredi.hu [2009.07.16.2203 +0200]: It's not as simple as that. NFSv3 is a stateless protocol, it doesn't associate state with open files. SFTP on the other hand has stateful opens. Yes, we could try to re-open files on reconnection but that will not always succeed (permissions changed, file removed, etc). Good explanation. But couldn't the errors be postponed until then, so that iff the file can be reopened, then stuff just moves on? Sure. Someone just needs to do the coding... Thanks, Miklos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#536665: option to hard-block while network connection is down
also sprach Miklos Szeredi mik...@szeredi.hu [2009.07.16.2203 +0200]: It's not as simple as that. NFSv3 is a stateless protocol, it doesn't associate state with open files. SFTP on the other hand has stateful opens. Yes, we could try to re-open files on reconnection but that will not always succeed (permissions changed, file removed, etc). Good explanation. But couldn't the errors be postponed until then, so that iff the file can be reopened, then stuff just moves on? -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Bug#536665: option to hard-block while network connection is down
Package: sshfs Version: 2.2-1 Severity: wishlist It would be nice to have an option like NFS 'hard', which would require 'reconnect' and basically causes all filesystem operations to block until the connection to the remote is back. Right now, if a connection is lost and cannot be re-established, there's an I/O error: piper:~|master|mnt% ls -l ls: cannot open directory .: Input/output error In certain cases, it would be better if ls just didn't return until the connection is back, or until it's interrupted. Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-rc5-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages sshfs depends on: ii fuse-utils2.7.4-2Filesystem in USErspace (utilities ii libc6 2.9-19 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfuse2 2.7.4-2Filesystem in USErspace library ii libglib2.0-0 2.20.4-1 The GLib library of C routines ii openssh-client1:5.1p1-6 secure shell client, an rlogin/rsh sshfs recommends no packages. sshfs suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- .''`. martin f. krafft madd...@d.o Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
