Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:41356 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752806Ab3KEBDe (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Nov 2013 20:03:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 17:03:32 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Thomas Haynes Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" , Christoph Hellwig , Bryan Schumaker , Mailing List Linux NFS Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] NFSD: Implement SEEK Message-ID: <20131105010332.GA32189@infradead.org> References: <1382972247-1108-5-git-send-email-bjschuma@netapp.com> <20131029073558.GA10889@infradead.org> <526FB180.1060003@netapp.com> <20131029130721.GA32094@infradead.org> <20131029133006.GB29606@fieldses.org> <20131102134837.GA18961@infradead.org> <20131102143729.GA26983@fieldses.org> <20131102144107.GA28743@infradead.org> <20131104164658.GA4427@fieldses.org> <5BAB86A3-045A-4CA9-A08F-7B0E38DBAC7D@excfb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <5BAB86A3-045A-4CA9-A08F-7B0E38DBAC7D@excfb.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 01:56:39PM -0800, Thomas Haynes wrote: > Nah, most likely me, no imagination needed. > > We were also looking at bringing larger WRITEs during 4.3 and I wanted > to have WRITE_PLUS already in place for that. What exactly does a WRITE PLUS with various non-related overloads in 4.2 buy you for introducing large writes in 4.3?