Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:44211 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754093Ab3JBQG6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:06:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 09:06:54 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Benny Halevy Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Boaz Harrosh , "J. Bruce Fields" , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v0 05/49] pnfsd: introduce pnfsd header files Message-ID: <20131002160654.GA27988@infradead.org> References: <1380220810-12909-1-git-send-email-bhalevy@primarydata.com> <20130929114327.GB25750@infradead.org> <52481939.7060405@primarydata.com> <20130929121345.GA21083@infradead.org> <52481B11.2080407@primarydata.com> <20130929122130.GI21083@infradead.org> <20130929123553.GA7510@infradead.org> <524A1FCE.5030306@panasas.com> <20131001133335.GB32431@infradead.org> <524C050E.4010102@primarydata.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <524C050E.4010102@primarydata.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 02:35:42PM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote: > For loosely clustered files-layout file systems the MDS would also > need to handle LAYOUTCOMMIT, and also generate and handle layout recalls, > depending on how much of that we can do in a generic way and how much is > file system specific. Which is something we can deal with in great detail once such a filesystem and the pnfs support for it land in the kernel tree.