[Pvfs2-developers] disabling ncache

[Robert Latham]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:27:39PM -0500, Robert Latham wrote:
> Hey gang
> 
> One of the ROMIO tests (noncontig_coll2) started failing around the
> time we comitted the revamped ncache.  If I disable the ncache by
> setting NCACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MSECS to zero, the test passes again.
> 
> Sam and I have a couple solutions, but none of them are satsifying
> given we need to coordinate any API changes with ROMIO:
> 
> - To compliment PVFS2_SET_DEBUGMASK, add a PVFS2_NCACHE_TIMEOUT
>   environment variable (this one might be the winner)

right, sorry, that's the PVFS2_DEBUGMASK environtment variable (not
pvfs2-set-debugmask the utility).  

==rob

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Rob Latham
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