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

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Message-ID: <24563.1154171551@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com>
Date:	Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:12:31 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, torvalds@...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] 

Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> 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).
> 
> It's not clear why these were sent.

To try and elicit some feedback.

> The first 25 patches are, as far as I can tell, already in Trond's tree.
> Whether Trond has the correct versions of these is now anybody's guess...

He hasn't told me of any changes, but that doesn't mean he hasn't made any, I
suppose.

> "[PATCH 26/30] NFS: Use local caching" appears to be the first patch which
> isn't in Trond's tree, but it doesn't work due to significant changes in
> nfs_clear_inode().

Hmmm...

David
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