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PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.5
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F.2.5 Incompatibilities from 4.3A00

There are some incompatibilities with the following functions compared to 4.3A00:

Table F.5 Incompatibilities from 4.3A00

Number

Item

1

Support of sendfile(2)

2

Change in operation at the time of specifying the mount option atime

3

Cannot create sockets

4

Cannot create named pipes

F.2.5.1 Support of sendfile(2)

Incompatibility description

Action of sendfile(2) to the GFS Shared File System has been changed.

Before change: Abnormal exit (return code: -1, errno: EINVAL)

After change: Normal exit

Corrective action

None.

F.2.5.2 Change in operation at the time of specifying the mount option atime

Incompatibility description

Operation at the time of specifying the mount option atime has been changed.

Before change:

The last access time of a file is updated for each file access.

After change:

The last access time of a file is updated when the previous last access time is the same as or older than the last modify time or the last change time. Also, when the previous last access time of a file is old for over a day, it is updated.

Corrective action

To execute the operation performed before change, change the mount option which is described in /etc/fstab from atime to strictatime.

F.2.5.3 Cannot create sockets

Incompatibility description

Operation when creating sockets on the GFS Shared File System by specifying S_IFSOCK in the second argument of mknod(2) has been changed.

Before change: Normal exit

After change: Abnormal exit (return code: -1, errno: EPERM)

Corrective action

None.

F.2.5.4 Cannot create named pipes

Incompatibility description

Operation when creating named pipes on the GFS Shared File System by specifying S_IFIFO in the second argument of mknod(2) has been changed.

Before change: Normal exit

After change: Abnormal exit (return code: -1, errno: EPERM)

Corrective action

None.