From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
To: bfields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Cc: Daire Byrne <daire@dneg.com>,
Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammerspace.com>,
linux-cachefs <linux-cachefs@redhat.com>,
linux-nfs <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Adventures in NFS re-exporting
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:03:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0047077b3bd79a96589626ba154e6d9e95a35478.camel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201116190336.GH898@fieldses.org>
On Mon, 2020-11-16 at 14:03 -0500, bfields wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 11:38:44AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Hmm, ok... nfsd4_change_attribute() is called from nfs4 code but also
> > nfs3 code as well. The v4 caller (encode_change) only calls it when
> > IS_I_VERSION is set, but the v3 callers don't seem to pay attention to
> > that.
>
> Weird. Looking back.... That goes back to the original patch adding
> support for ext4's i_version, c654b8a9cba6 "nfsd: support ext4
> i_version".
>
> It's in nfs3xdr.c, but the fields it's filling in, fh_pre_change and
> fh_post_change, are only used in nfs4xdr.c. Maybe moving it someplace
> else (vfs.c?) would save some confusion.
>
> Anyway, yes, that should be checking SB_I_VERSION too.
>
> > I think the basic issue here is that we're trying to use SB_I_VERSION
> > for two different things. Its main purpose is to tell the kernel that
> > when it's updating the file times that it should also (possibly)
> > increment the i_version counter too. (Some of this is documented in
> > include/linux/iversion.h too, fwiw)
> >
> > nfsd needs a way to tell whether the field should be consulted at all.
> > For that we probably do need a different flag of some sort. Doing it at
> > the fstype level seems a bit wrong though -- v2/3 don't have a real
> > change attribute and it probably shouldn't be trusted when exporting
> > them.
>
> Oops, good point.
>
> I suppose simplest is just another SB_ flag.
>
Another idea might be to add a new fetch_iversion export operation that
returns a u64. Roll two generic functions -- one to handle the
xfs/ext4/btrfs case and another for the NFS/AFS/Ceph case (where we just
fetch it raw). When the op is a NULL pointer, treat it like the
!IS_I_VERSION case today.
--
Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-16 20:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 129+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-07 17:31 Adventures in NFS re-exporting Daire Byrne
2020-09-08 9:40 ` Mkrtchyan, Tigran
2020-09-08 11:06 ` Daire Byrne
2020-09-15 17:21 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-09-15 19:59 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-09-16 16:01 ` Daire Byrne
2020-10-19 16:19 ` Daire Byrne
2020-10-19 17:53 ` [PATCH 0/2] Add NFSv3 emulation of the lookupp operation trondmy
2020-10-19 17:53 ` [PATCH 1/2] NFSv3: Refactor nfs3_proc_lookup() to split out the dentry trondmy
2020-10-19 17:53 ` [PATCH 2/2] NFSv3: Add emulation of the lookupp() operation trondmy
2020-10-19 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Add NFSv3 emulation of the lookupp operation trondmy
2020-10-19 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] NFSv3: Refactor nfs3_proc_lookup() to split out the dentry trondmy
2020-10-19 20:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] NFSv3: Add emulation of the lookupp() operation trondmy
2020-10-20 18:37 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add NFSv3 emulation of the lookupp operation trondmy
2020-10-20 18:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] NFSv3: Refactor nfs3_proc_lookup() to split out the dentry trondmy
2020-10-20 18:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] NFSv3: Add emulation of the lookupp() operation trondmy
2020-10-20 18:37 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] NFSv4: Observe the NFS_MOUNT_SOFTREVAL flag in _nfs4_proc_lookupp trondmy
2020-10-21 9:33 ` Adventures in NFS re-exporting Daire Byrne
2020-11-09 16:02 ` bfields
2020-11-12 13:01 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-12 13:57 ` bfields
2020-11-12 18:33 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-12 20:55 ` bfields
2020-11-12 23:05 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-13 14:50 ` bfields
2020-11-13 22:26 ` bfields
2020-11-14 12:57 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-16 15:18 ` bfields
2020-11-16 15:53 ` bfields
2020-11-16 19:21 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-16 15:29 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-16 15:56 ` bfields
2020-11-16 16:03 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-16 16:14 ` bfields
2020-11-16 16:38 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-16 19:03 ` bfields
2020-11-16 20:03 ` Jeff Layton [this message]
2020-11-17 3:16 ` bfields
2020-11-17 3:18 ` [PATCH 1/4] nfsd: move fill_{pre,post}_wcc to nfsfh.c J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 3:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] nfsd: pre/post attr is using wrong change attribute J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 12:34 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-17 15:26 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 15:34 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-20 22:38 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 1/8] nfsd: only call inode_query_iversion in the I_VERSION case J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 2/8] nfsd: simplify nfsd4_change_info J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 3/8] nfsd: minor nfsd4_change_attribute cleanup J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-21 0:34 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 4/8] nfsd4: don't query change attribute in v2/v3 case J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 5/8] nfs: use change attribute for NFS re-exports J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 6/8] nfsd: move change attribute generation to filesystem J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-21 0:58 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-21 1:01 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-21 13:00 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 7/8] nfsd: skip some unnecessary stats in the v4 case J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:39 ` [PATCH 8/8] Revert "nfsd4: support change_attr_type attribute" J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-20 22:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] nfsd: pre/post attr is using wrong change attribute J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-21 1:03 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-21 21:44 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-22 0:02 ` bfields
2020-11-22 1:55 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-22 3:03 ` bfields
2020-11-23 20:07 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-17 15:25 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 3:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] nfs: don't mangle i_version on NFS J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 12:27 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-17 14:14 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 3:18 ` [PATCH 4/4] nfs: support i_version in the NFSv4 case J. Bruce Fields
2020-11-17 12:34 ` Jeff Layton
2020-11-24 20:35 ` Adventures in NFS re-exporting Daire Byrne
2020-11-24 21:15 ` bfields
2020-11-24 22:15 ` Frank Filz
2020-11-25 14:47 ` 'bfields'
2020-11-25 16:25 ` Frank Filz
2020-11-25 19:03 ` 'bfields'
2020-11-26 0:04 ` Frank Filz
2020-11-25 17:14 ` Daire Byrne
2020-11-25 19:31 ` bfields
2020-12-03 12:20 ` Daire Byrne
2020-12-03 18:51 ` bfields
2020-12-03 20:27 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-03 21:13 ` bfields
2020-12-03 21:32 ` Frank Filz
2020-12-03 21:34 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-03 21:45 ` Frank Filz
2020-12-03 21:57 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-03 22:04 ` bfields
2020-12-03 22:14 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-03 22:39 ` Frank Filz
2020-12-03 22:50 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-03 23:34 ` Frank Filz
2020-12-03 22:44 ` bfields
2020-12-03 21:54 ` bfields
2020-12-03 22:45 ` bfields
2020-12-03 22:53 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-03 23:16 ` bfields
2020-12-03 23:28 ` Frank Filz
2020-12-04 1:02 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-12-04 1:41 ` bfields
2020-12-04 2:27 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-09-17 16:01 ` Daire Byrne
2020-09-17 19:09 ` bfields
2020-09-17 20:23 ` Frank van der Linden
2020-09-17 21:57 ` bfields
2020-09-19 11:08 ` Daire Byrne
2020-09-22 16:43 ` Chuck Lever
2020-09-23 20:25 ` Daire Byrne
2020-09-23 21:01 ` Frank van der Linden
2020-09-26 9:00 ` Daire Byrne
2020-09-28 15:49 ` Frank van der Linden
2020-09-28 16:08 ` Chuck Lever
2020-09-28 17:42 ` Frank van der Linden
2020-09-22 12:31 ` Daire Byrne
2020-09-22 13:52 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-09-23 12:40 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-09-23 13:09 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-09-23 17:07 ` bfields
2020-09-30 19:30 ` [Linux-cachefs] " Jeff Layton
2020-10-01 0:09 ` Daire Byrne
2020-10-01 10:36 ` Jeff Layton
2020-10-01 12:38 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-10-01 16:39 ` Jeff Layton
2020-10-05 12:54 ` Daire Byrne
2020-10-13 9:59 ` Daire Byrne
2020-10-01 18:41 ` J. Bruce Fields
2020-10-01 19:24 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-10-01 19:26 ` bfields
2020-10-01 19:29 ` Trond Myklebust
2020-10-01 19:51 ` bfields
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