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authorNikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>2017-06-08 13:32:46 -0400
committerNikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>2017-06-08 13:32:46 -0400
commit72f558d23b2ddf4843fba1b6f6f213f4e274a90e (patch)
treebf88fe4d50750f6201b30c412889b7d7bf8b5fb7 /include/fuse_common.h
parent8d6b7584e4f07abf6da992e98f2ce223046517ae (diff)
downloadlibfuse-72f558d23b2ddf4843fba1b6f6f213f4e274a90e.tar.gz
Clarify *_timeout semantics
When changes always come through kernel, timeouts should be large.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/fuse_common.h')
-rw-r--r--include/fuse_common.h4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/fuse_common.h b/include/fuse_common.h
index bb73d9f..6bb14f3 100644
--- a/include/fuse_common.h
+++ b/include/fuse_common.h
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ struct fuse_file_info {
* cached file *contents* will be invalidated as well.
*
* This flag should always be set when available. If all file changes
- * go through the kernel, *attr_timeout* should be set to zero to
- * avoid unneccessary getattr() calls.
+ * go through the kernel, *attr_timeout* should be set to a very large
+ * number to avoid unneccessary getattr() calls.
*
* This feature is enabled by default when supported by the kernel.
*/