From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [patch 00/14] sunrpc: Sunrpc cache cleanups and upcall rework Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:52:00 -0500 Message-ID: <20090108195158.GA19312@fieldses.org> References: <20090108082510.050854000@sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Linux NFS ML To: Greg Banks Return-path: Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([141.211.133.115]:35233 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753777AbZAHTwL (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:52:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20090108082510.050854000@sgi.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:25:10PM +1100, Greg Banks wrote: > These patches are a snapshot of in-progress work That sounds suspiciously like "do not apply!". I may as well queue up the first 6 for 2.6.30, though? > to fix problems with > the sunrpc upcall mechanism which are triggered under load when using > multi-threaded rpc.mountd. These are currently a hot issue with one > of SGI's customers (SGI PV988959). > > The early patches in the series are cleanups with zero logic changes. > > The patches have been lightly tested, by mounting and running the > cthon04 tests. They have not been shipped or used in the field. OK, thanks. --b.