linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/4] nfsd: vfs_llseek() with 32 or 64 bit offsets (hashes)

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:13:09 +0200
From:	Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...m.fraunhofer.de>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
CC:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	hch@...radead.org, yong.fan@...mcloud.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu, adilger@...mcloud.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] nfsd: vfs_llseek() with 32 or 64 bit offsets (hashes)

On 08/09/2011 07:33 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 08, 2011 at 05:38:13PM +0200, Bernd Schubert wrote:
>> Use 32-bit or 64-bit llseek() hashes for directory offsets depending on
>> the NFS version. NFSv2 gets 32-bit hashes only.
>>
>> NOTE: This patch got rather complex as Christoph asked to set the
>> filp->f_mode flag in the open call or immediatly after dentry_open()
>> in nfsd_open() to avoid races.
>> Personally I still do not see a reason for that and in my opinion
>> FMODE_32BITHASH/FMODE_64BITHASH flags could be set nfsd_readdir(), as it
>> follows directly after nfsd_open() without a chance of races.
>
> The bulk of the patch seems to be just an access->may_flags rename.
> Could you please split that into a separate patch?

Ok, shall I resend the entire patch series, but already remove the 
32-bit nfsd_readdir() cookie patch? Or only just this patch split into 
to parts?


Thanks,
Bernd
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