From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com>
To: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Cc: Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>,
Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7 V4] The NFSv4 only mounting daemon.
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 16:24:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6c56eef3-6629-648d-4581-9f63ffeffd37@RedHat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06F2DFB7-8EA1-4ACE-BEA9-A68ACB99B361@oracle.com>
On 3/3/21 1:10 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>
>
>> On Mar 2, 2021, at 5:39 PM, Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/24/21 3:49 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:08:08PM -0500, Steve Dickson wrote:
>>>> nfsv4.exportd is a daemon that will listen for only v4 mount upcalls.
>>>> The idea is to allow distros to build a v4 only package
>>>> which will have a much smaller footprint than the
>>>> entire nfs-utils package.
>>>>
>>>> exportd uses no RPC code, which means none of the
>>>> code or arguments that deal with v3 was ported,
>>>> this again, makes the footprint much smaller.
>>>>
>>>> The following options were ported:
>>>> * multiple threads
>>>> * state-directory-path option
>>>> * junction support (not tested)
>>>>
>>>> The rest of the mountd options were v3 only options.
>>>>
>>>> V2:
>>>> * Added two systemd services: nfsv4-exportd and nfsv4-server
>>>> * nfsv4-server starts rpc.nfsd -N 3, so nfs.conf mod not needed.
>>>
>>> We really shouldn't make users change how they do things.
>> If they only want v4 support... I'm thinking is a lot easier to
>> simple do a nfsv4.server start verse edit config files.
>>
>>>
>>> Whatever we do, "systemctl start nfs-server" should still be how they
>>> start the NFS server.
>> Again.. if they install the nfsv4-utils verse the nfs-utils package
>> they should expect change... IMHO..
>
> I would prefer having a single nfs-utils package. I don't see
> a need for a proliferation of these extra little programs --
> let's just make the usual suspects behave better.
nfs-utils is not going anywhere!! :-)
I'm just trying to give people the option of only
install a v4 client or v4 server. If they want it
all... nfs-utils will be there!!
steved.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-04 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-19 20:08 [PATCH 0/7 V4] The NFSv4 only mounting daemon Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 1/7] exportd: the initial shell of the v4 export support Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 2/7] exportd: Moved cache upcalls routines into libexport.a Steve Dickson
2021-02-23 16:13 ` [PATCH] exportd: server-side gid management Daniel Kobras
2021-03-04 21:28 ` Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 3/7] exportd: multiple threads Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 4/7] exportd/exportfs: Add the state-directory-path option Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 5/7] exportd: Enabled junction support Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 6/7] exportd: systemd unit files Steve Dickson
2021-02-19 20:08 ` [PATCH 7/7] exportd: Added config variable to compile in the NFSv4 only server Steve Dickson
2021-02-20 16:33 ` [PATCH 0/7 V4] The NFSv4 only mounting daemon Steve Dickson
2021-02-24 20:30 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-02 22:33 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-03 15:23 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-03 21:22 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-03 21:54 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-03 22:07 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-03 22:17 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-04 13:57 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-04 14:06 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-04 16:31 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-05 14:36 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-05 15:53 ` Chuck Lever
2021-03-04 13:42 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-04 14:01 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-04 16:47 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-04 21:31 ` Patrick Goetz
2021-03-04 13:34 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-04 14:24 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-04 16:20 ` Steve Dickson
2021-02-24 20:49 ` J. Bruce Fields
2021-03-02 22:39 ` Steve Dickson
2021-03-03 18:10 ` Chuck Lever
2021-03-03 21:24 ` Steve Dickson [this message]
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