linux-kernel - Re: ceph, cifs, nfs, fuse: boolean and / or confusion

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1112122123040.17811@cobra.newdream.net>
Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:29:51 -0800 (PST)
From:	Sage Weil <sage@...dream.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	roel <roel.kluin@...il.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ceph, cifs, nfs, fuse: boolean and / or confusion

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:45:11 -0500
> Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 18:39 -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > 
> > > As far as NFS is concerned, it reverts a regression. NFS only used to
> > > run revalidate_file_size() for SEEK_END prior to commit
> > > 06222e491e663dac939f04b125c9dc52126a75c4. I accept that we now also need
> > > to run it for SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA, but we've never had to do so for
> > > SEEK_SET and SEEK_CUR.
> > 
> > BTW: The regression exists in 3.1, so this is probably a stable
> > candidate...
> > 
> 
> I'd prefer not to merge this one unless all four fs maintainers have
> reviewed and preferably tested it.  Also, in view of your earlier email
> the changelog for this patch needs updating for NFS and probably other
> filesystems.
> 
> So please prepare and send the NFS patch, with a Reported-by:roel?

I'll push a fix for the ceph bit through my tree.  Thanks, roel!

sage
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