Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from aa.linuxbox.com ([69.128.83.226]:1942 "EHLO aa.linuxbox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751727AbaD2LlN (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:41:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:40:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matt W. Benjamin" To: Jeff Layton Cc: Ganesha NFS List , lkml , Linux-Fsdevel , Trond Myklebust , "J. Bruce Fields" , Neil Brown , samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Message-ID: <1482413734.4.1398771608019.JavaMail.root@thunderbeast.private.linuxbox.com> In-Reply-To: <20140429071153.176c7404@tlielax.poochiereds.net> Subject: Re: OFD ("file private") locks and NFS MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Jeff, Something which came up on the last Ganesha conn call is that we have a pretty strong need for some ability to wait on a set of locks, and perhaps receive events. Frank Filz believed that you had made a proposal which would cover this. Can you elaborate on that? Thanks, Matt ----- "Jeff Layton" wrote: > > If we really find later that we need to do something like this, I > think > we'd be better off adding a new set of cmd values along with the > "extended" struct, or possibly a new syscall. Some of the samba folks > were interested in an async locking mechanism too, so something like > that could be added in conjunction with such an interface. > -- Matt Benjamin The Linux Box 206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://linuxbox.com tel. 734-761-4689 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309