From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5AC7C433F5 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A86AF61165 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:45:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229998AbhJ2NsE (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:48:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35190 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229692AbhJ2NsE (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:48:04 -0400 Received: from fieldses.org (fieldses.org [IPv6:2600:3c00:e000:2f7::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C3301C061570 for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:45:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fieldses.org (Postfix, from userid 2815) id 59EE76FFA; Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:45:34 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 fieldses.org 59EE76FFA DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fieldses.org; s=default; t=1635515134; bh=E7R3o4HyUtX07uiEQXgDnrNbkDv01+WYeuvwJS+b9Vo=; h=Date:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From:From; b=rHXeh7wXUfQNOTwWV1Svodk+ZNvpABGS79XVX7ZGdcZBefpYpNKxQ3eW6GgEqA+M+ RIEx7OTTdLsaiC+g0uxPR864CWS31jnr21/186HmpFxkIV6u7vuWt0J6QPKX22LDqT gW1eEP3ay4N1rjUP40A16o1/ttQNQiC7aSDse0EY= Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:45:34 -0400 To: Steve Dickson Cc: Linux NFS Mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Enable inter server to server copies on a export Message-ID: <20211029134534.GA19967@fieldses.org> References: <20211028144851.644018-1-steved@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20211028144851.644018-1-steved@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) From: bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:48:50AM -0400, Steve Dickson wrote: > This kernel patch and an upcoming nfs-utils patch > adds a new export option 's2sc' which will allow > inter server to server copies. They're already allowed by a module option. Why is an export option better? And why should it be set on the destination server and not the source server? Really, first I think we should try to identify what the problem is that we're trying to solve. --b. > > The option needs to be set on the destination server. > > The idea behind the option is to allow admins the > ability to control which export can do these > types of copies. > > Steve Dickson (1): > nfsd4_copy: Adds the ability to do inter server to server on an export > > fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c | 3 ++- > include/uapi/linux/nfsd/export.h | 1 + > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > -- > 2.31.1