From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: intercepting NFS RPC requests Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:36:38 -0500 Message-ID: <20061107193638.GD11346@fieldses.org> References: <9c8209a10611071050p475a2cf1y6656153a4b6a24e7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net 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 1GhWkS-00061N-BY for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:36:40 -0800 Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([66.93.2.214] helo=pickle.fieldses.org) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1GhWkS-0006ba-9G for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:36:41 -0800 To: Murali Bashyam In-Reply-To: <9c8209a10611071050p475a2cf1y6656153a4b6a24e7@mail.gmail.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 Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 10:50:54AM -0800, Murali Bashyam wrote: > Is there a feature on the linux v3 or v4 NFS server to allow a process to > intercept the NFS RPC requests for file operations (open, close, read, write > etc) and handle them in user space? No. > If so, can these be handled asynchronously? > > Alternatively, if this is not possible, is this achievable through VFS > i.ehave a process create and register a file system through VFS and > export it > through NFS? Now when the server handles a client's file operation, it goes > through VFS and ends up with that vector registered by that process? No. You could modify fuse to support nfsd, or you could write a userspace NFS server (or modify an existing server). --b. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs