Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:40:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:40:33 -0500 Received: from note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU ([129.94.242.29]:9480 "HELO note.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 22:40:19 -0500 From: Neil Brown To: dek_ml@konerding.com Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:40:00 +1100 (EST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14992.38288.497367.324493@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Neil Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: problems with reiserfs + nfs using 2.4.2-pre4 In-Reply-To: message from dek_ml@konerding.com on Sunday February 18 In-Reply-To: <14992.27362.114723.93990@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <200102190256.f1J2uIs23040@konerding.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under Emacs 20.7.2 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D > OK, I grabbed these patches and applied them against 2.4.2-pre4 and > recompiled, rebooted. I am now able to use reiserfs with NFS, > basic operations appear to work as expected but I haven't done large amounts > of file IO or lots of concurrent requests. > > What is the plan with regards to these patches, or ones like it, making it into > the distribution? The changes to knfsd are fairly big and mean that every filesystem type that is to be exported needs to explicitly provide support for knfsd. I have almost completed doing this for ext2fs reiserfs isofs ufs efs which were the only ones that were mentioned when I asked "what filesystem types do you want to export" on the nfs list. The isofs stuff needs more work to be *right*, but it should be at least as good as the current code provides. (i.e. it works as long as things don't get flushed out of the dentry cache). The reiserfs bit needs work to get generation number checking done. This is being worked on by Danilov Nikita. I hope to put out a patch set for testing in a day or so and possibly suggest it to Alan for his -ac series. I don't see it going into 2.4.2, but 2.4.3 might be possible if Linus agrees. NeilBrown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/