linux-kernel - Re: nfsd changes for 2.6.37

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Message-ID: <20101031020707.GB29702@infradead.org>
Date:	Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:07:08 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bryan Schumaker <bjschuma@...app.com>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: nfsd changes for 2.6.37

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 05:25:00PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> We still need to do this part.  I just did the minimum required to fix
> the problem--I figure splitting out a separate ->delete_lease method
> (which I agree would be cleaner) could wait till the next merge window.

I'd say please do it now.  The pre-allocated file_lock changes make
the semantics inside ->setlease really nasty right now.  I think it's a
dumb idea to leave it that way even for a single merge window.

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