linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 24/27] NFS: Use local caching [try #2]

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:08:34 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/27] NFS: Use local caching [try #2]


On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 17:22 +0000, David Howells wrote:
> The attached patch makes it possible for the NFS filesystem to make use of the
> network filesystem local caching service (FS-Cache).
> 
> To be able to use this, an updated mount program is required.  This can be
> obtained from:
> 
> 	http://people.redhat.com/steved/fscache/util-linux/
> 
> To mount an NFS filesystem to use caching, add an "fsc" option to the mount:
> 
> 	mount warthog:/ /a -o fsc

Nope. The new text-based mount code should just work. There should be no
need to also support cachefs via the legacy binary formant.

> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/nfs/Makefile           |    1 
>  fs/nfs/client.c           |    5 +
>  fs/nfs/file.c             |   37 ++++
>  fs/nfs/fscache-def.c      |  289 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/nfs/fscache.c          |  391 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/nfs/fscache.h          |  148 +++++++++++++++++
>  fs/nfs/inode.c            |   47 +++++
>  fs/nfs/read.c             |   28 +++
>  fs/nfs/super.c            |    3 
>  fs/nfs/sysctl.c           |    1 
>  include/linux/nfs_fs.h    |    9 +
>  include/linux/nfs_fs_sb.h |   18 ++
>  12 files changed, 968 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 fs/nfs/fscache-def.c
>  create mode 100644 fs/nfs/fscache.c
>  create mode 100644 fs/nfs/fscache.h
> 

This needs to be split up.

Scheduling an fscache write, retrieving pages from fscache, managing
fscache cache consistency, adding statistics are all examples of
completely separate tasks that should not be bunched together in a
single megapatch, particularly not since they touch core NFS code.

Trond
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