[Gluster-devel] trusted.glusterfs.version xattr

[gordan at bobich.net]

Hi,

Maybe I'm missing something important here, but something isn't making 
sense to me.

When I create a file on the glusterfs mount, it gets version of "2". All 
well and good. If I >> a line to it, it's version ticks up. So far so 
good.

If I vi the file, add a line and save it, it's version resets back to 
"2"!

What exactly is going on here? I'm sure that there is a perfectly good 
explanation here (i.e. that vi removes the file and re-creates it anew), 
but I just wanted to make sure this is a sane condition. Also, would this 
not mean that following a disconnection, all vi-ed files would get 
clobbered when the server reconnects and the file gets read?! This strikes 
me as _INCREDIBLY_ dangerous. Too dangerous for any use, in fact.

Can somebody please tell me that I'm wrong here? Because I really hope 
that I am.

Gordan