From: Trond Myklebust Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Add /proc/sys/fs/nfs sysctls to nfsd module Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 11:36:37 -0400 Message-ID: <1154705797.4727.18.camel@localhost> References: <20060803110538.GA17173@suse.de> <76bd70e30608030952p15e1500cy191b5ef19241b58e@mail.gmail.com> <1154680981.21040.2415.camel@hole.melbourne.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Olaf Kirch , Linux NFS Mailing List , Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G91jM-0003oJ-6t for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:36:56 -0700 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.10.4] ident=7411) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1G91jM-00088F-6S for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:36:56 -0700 To: Greg Banks In-Reply-To: <1154680981.21040.2415.camel@hole.melbourne.sgi.com> List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 18:43 +1000, Greg Banks wrote: > On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 02:52, Chuck Lever wrote: > > On 8/3/06, Olaf Kirch wrote: > > > From: okir@suse.de > > > Subject: Add /proc/sys/fs/nfs sysctls to nfsd module > > > > > > This patch adds the plumbing for adding nfs-specific sysctls to fs/nfs, > > > and makes the max size of a readdirplus reply tunable. > > > > > > The reason for this is that we found that some clients do not seem > > > to grok readdirplus replies larger than 4K. Rather than reducing the > > > overall number this sysctl allows admins to work around these clients. > > Neat. Not really. It would be better to identify and fix the buggy clients that aren't setting the READDIRPLUS maxcount parameter correctly. Cheers, Trond ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs