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From: Venkatesh Srinivas <me@acm.jhu.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:24:12 -0400
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> 2) you can't pipeline requests if the result of one request depends on the
> result of a previous. for instance: walk to file, open it, read it, close
> it.
> if the first operation fails, then subsequent operations will be invalid.
>

Given careful allocation of FIDs by a client, that can be dealt with -
operations on an invalid FID just get RErrors.

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2) you can&#39;t pipeline requests if the result of one request depends on the<br>
result of a previous. for instance: walk to file, open it, read it, close it.<br>
if the first operation fails, then subsequent operations will be invalid.<br></blockquote><div><br>Given careful allocation of FIDs by a client, that can be dealt with - operations on an invalid FID just get RErrors.<br>

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