From: Chuck Lever Subject: Re: [NFS] [GIT] NFS client update for 2.6.16 Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:03:47 -0500 Message-ID: <44204003.6090700@citi.umich.edu> References: <1142961077.7987.14.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> <20060321174634.GA15827@infradead.org> Reply-To: cel@citi.umich.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------090307090501090709030805" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, Linus Torvalds , nfsv4@linux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Christoph Hellwig In-Reply-To: <20060321174634.GA15827@infradead.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfsv4-bounces@linux-nfs.org Errors-To: nfsv4-bounces@linux-nfs.org List-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090307090501090709030805 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Christoph Hellwig wrote: >>commit 47989d7454398827500d0e73766270986a3b488f >>Author: Chuck Lever >>Date: Mon Mar 20 13:44:32 2006 -0500 >> >> NFS: remove support for multi-segment iovs in the direct write path >> >> Eliminate the persistent use of automatic storage in all parts of the >> NFS client's direct write path to pave the way for introducing support >> for aio against files opened with the O_DIRECT flag. > > > NACK. We have patches pending that consolidate ->aio_read/write and > ->read/writev into one operation. this change is completely counterproductive > towards that goal which has been discussed on -fsdevel for a while. and when do you expect these changes to be integrated? we've had this implementation for almost a year, and zach brown has reviewed it. we discussed the aio_read/readv change with him and he agreed that this should go in now. we have major customers who are demanding this functionality now, and can support the reimplementation whenever you guys get your aio act together. --------------090307090501090709030805 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=utf-8; name="cel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="cel.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Chuck Lever n:Lever;Charles org:Network Appliance, Incorporated;Open Source NFS Client Development adr:535 West William Street, Suite 3100;;Center for Information Technology Integration;Ann Arbor;MI;48103-4943;USA email;internet:cel@citi.umich.edu title:Member of Technical Staff tel;work:+1 734 763-4415 tel;fax:+1 734 763 4434 tel;home:+1 734 668-1089 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://troy.citi.umich.edu/u/cel/ version:2.1 end:vcard --------------090307090501090709030805 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ NFSv4 mailing list NFSv4@linux-nfs.org http://linux-nfs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nfsv4 --------------090307090501090709030805--