linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/30] Permit filesystem local caching and NFS superblock sharing [try #11]

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jul 2006 04:55:26 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
CC:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...l.org, steved@...hat.com,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cachefs@...hat.com, nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/30] Permit filesystem local caching and NFS superblock
 sharing  [try #11]

David Howells wrote:
> These patches make it possible to share NFS superblocks between related
> mounts, where "related" means on the same server and FSID. Inodes and dentries
> will be shared where the NFS filehandles are the same (for example if two NFS3
> files come from the same export but from different mounts, such as is not
> uncommon with autofs on /home).
> 
> These patches also add local caching for network filesystems such as NFS and
> AFS.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this in the upstream kernel... 
thanks for your continued work on this.

(Although I admit to not reviewing 100% of the code)

	Jeff



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