[PVFS-developers] metadata file size checking

[Rob Ross]

Don,

There is only one place where md_open() is called directly.  The rest of 
the time meta_open() is called instead.  I'm going to remove the test in 
md_open() because the first thing that function does is call 
meta_open()...

:)

Rob

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Porter Don wrote:

> Whatever makes the most sense.  I think some functions call meta_open
> directly, which perhaps they shouldn't.
> 
> For instance, md_chmod calls meta_open, which could still hose up the
> metadata if it were too small.  
> 
> So, we should either eliminate the check in md_open, or reduce our calls to
> meta_open, IMHO.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Ross
> To: Porter Don
> Cc: 'pvfs-developers at www.beowulf-underground.org'
> Sent: 5/19/04 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [PVFS-developers] metadata file size checking
> 
> Don,
> 
> Also, there's another, very similar test in md_open() to look for
> correct metadata files.  We should try to get back down to one test --
> I'm guessing that the meta_open() point is catching some cases that the
> md_open() does not, so we should consider dropping that one...