Re: [PATCH 0/5] nfs-utils: Improving NFS re-exports

[Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>]

Bruce,

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "bfields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
>> The whole set of features is currently opt-in via --enable-reexport.
> 
> Can we remove that option before upstreaming?

What is the final resolution regarding this option?
I can think of embedded/memory constraint systems where the dependency on SQLite
is not wanted.

On the other hand, with my latest patch, the plugin interface, the could be solved
too.

> For testing purposes it may makes sense to be able to turn the new code
> on and off quickly.  But for something we're really going to support,
> it's just another hurdle for users to jump through, and another case we
> probably won't remember to test.  The export options themselves should
> be enough configuration.
> 
> Anyway, basically sounds reasonable to me.  I'll try to give it a proper
> review sometime, feel free to bug me if I don't get to it in a week or
> so.

*kind ping* :-)

Please also don't forget the kernel side of this work. It is small but still needed.
See: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/20220110184419.27665-1-richard@nod.at/
or
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/misc.git/log/?h=nfs_reexport_clean

Since the kernel changes don't change the ABI, it should not really matter which part
is merged first. Kernel or userspace. The only important part is stating the right
kernel version in the nfs-utils manpages.

Thanks,
//richard