[ic] CounterFile.pm and NFS

[Jon Jensen]

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Dan Browning wrote:

> I have experienced some problems with CounterFile.pm on our cluster, but 
> only under very high loads.  I agree with Kevin Walsh who has in the past 
> commented that CounterFile.pm doesn't support fcntl locks.  Kevin proposed 
> one solution:
> 
> "I think the File::CounterFile module should be moved into the Vend 
> namespace (Vend::File::CounterFile) and Interchange-ised to use the 
> Vend::Util module for locks and stuff like that, probably based upon the 
> LockType config."
> 
> To which Mike Heins said,
> "Yes, I think we need a general Vend::Counter module that allows the 
> default type of counter to be set. So I vote that if work is to be done on 
> this, we go all the way and allow several differnet counter methods."

Yes, this has already begun in 4.9. It's Vend::CounterFile in CVS.

Jon