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Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.63.0712192004140.3875@rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:15:43 +0100 (CET)
From: Tomasz Kłoczko <kloczek@...y.mif.pg.gda.pl>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
cc: linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Intro: convert lockd to kthread and fix use-after-free
(try #3)
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Jeff Layton wrote:
> This is the third patchset to fix the use-after-free problem in lockd,
> and to convert lockd to use the kthread API instead of kernel_thread.
> The main change from the last patchset is the elimination of the
> svc_create_kthread helper function, and having lockd_up call kthread_run
> directly. I've also made some changes to the function prototype for
> the lockd function to eliminate the need for casting the function
> pointer.
BTW kernel, NFS and lockd: SuSE kernel IIRC is distributed with patch
which adds kernel-based status monitor (statd).
Q to NFS people: any plans about merge this in main kernel tree ?
And another question related to NFS: any progress on add clear NFS
statistics in kernel (nfsstat -z) ?
kloczek
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