Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-ie0-f173.google.com ([209.85.223.173]:62975 "EHLO mail-ie0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754066Ab3LBT1X (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:27:23 -0500 Received: by mail-ie0-f173.google.com with SMTP id to1so21184755ieb.4 for ; Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:27:23 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20131202152102.GA20458@infradead.org> References: <5B7CDA5C-C3F1-4CFD-9A72-013523068FBB@primarydata.com> <20131202152102.GA20458@infradead.org> Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 20:27:22 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux client access to NFSv4 Alternate Data Streams (O_XATTR)? From: Cedric Blancher To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Sebastian Feld , Trond Myklebust , Joshuah Hurst , Linux NFS Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2 December 2013 16:21, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 03:27:20PM +0100, Sebastian Feld wrote: >> This isn't a Solaris-specific extension, its part of the original Sun >> NFSv4 spec. Unfortunately the ARC/ARchitecture Cases from >> Opensolaris.org are no longer available, otherwise the background, >> e.g. feature parity with CIFS/NTFS, and the overall usefulness of such >> a feature, would be clearer. > > It's a dumb part of the spec, and Linux has no intent support pretty > braindead file/directory mixups. Just store all your separate streams > in separate files, that's how it's implemented underneath anyway. Please. Please do me the favour and not rule something out that way. Please hear the arguments and have a discussion. Ced -- Cedric Blancher Institute Pasteur