[Pvfs2-developers] MPI-io tests

[Phil Carns]

> We just the MPI part for starting up a lot of processes.. Sorry for the
> incorrect phrasing in my emails. We dont use
> MPI I/O. Used the posix interface directly.
> 
> Simultaneous create problems with vfs is possibly due to the request
> scheduler on server not serializing crdirents of the same component name.
> I doubt you will even see that kind of pattern at the server with the mpi
> i/o interface.

Is this a bug that would show up if you have several VFS clients attempt 
to open the same file in O_CREAT mode at the same time?

I know that is not a recommended access pattern, but there are some 
applications out there that do that.

-Phil