[PATCH 0/1] [Jaunty, Intrepid SRU, Hardy SRU] LP#224642 -- NFS rename notifications

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 01:04:02PM -0600, Tim Gardner wrote:
> Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> > There is a bug in the NFS notifications system that triggers a false
> > delete notification when a file is renamed over an existing file.
> > This triggers icons to dissappear from the desktop when files are named.
> > This is fixed by an upstream commit which corrects the NFS notifications.
> > 
> > Proposing this patch for Jaunty and Intrepid SRU, and in a very slightly
> > modified form for Hardy SRU.  Has been tested on Jaunty and Hardy by
> > the reporters.
> > 
> > -apw
> > 
> > Trond Myklebust (1):
> >   UBUNTU: SAUCE: NFS: Fix the notifications when renaming onto an
> >     existing file
> > 
> >  fs/nfs/dir.c |    9 ++++-----
> >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > 
> 
> This patch looks reasonable, but Linus' tree has the original code
> (therefore the patch did not originate from upstream Linus). You kind of
> imply that this NFS bug is "fixed by an upstream commit which corrects
> the NFS notifications", but I'm not seeing how that is done in Linus
> tree. Can you elaborate? Is this a patch that is ready for the 2.6.30
> merge window?

Yes that wording is unclear.  It is a patch by Trond who is all things
NFS.  It has come from the upsteam bugzilla.  But I should clarify its
status before we go any further.  Thanks for the nudge.

-apw