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From: "Mkrtchyan, Tigran" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
To: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@amazon.com>
Cc: linux-nfs <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 08:51:35 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2042449942.8269597.1585295495366.JavaMail.zimbra@desy.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200326231602.GA29187@dev-dsk-fllinden-2c-c1893d73.us-west-2.amazon.com>



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank van der Linden" <fllinden@amazon.com>
> To: "Tigran Mkrtchyan" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
> Cc: "linux-nfs" <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, "Anna Schumaker" <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>, "Trond Myklebust"
> <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 12:16:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support

> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 08:03:13PM +0100, Mkrtchyan, Tigran wrote:
>> The new patchset looks broken to me.
>> 
>> Client quiryes for supported attributes and gets xattr_support bit set:
>> 
>> Mar 26 11:27:07 ani.desy.de kernel: decode_attr_supported:
>> bitmask=fcffbfff:40fdbe3e:00040800
>> 
>> However, the attribute never queries, but client makes is decision:
>> 
>> Mar 26 11:27:07 ani.desy.de kernel: decode_attr_xattrsupport: XATTR
>> support=false
>> 
>> The packets can be found here: https://sas.desy.de/index.php/s/GEPiBxPg3eR4aGA
>> 
>> Can you provide packets of your mount/umount round.
> 
> Hi Tigran,
> 
> I looked at your packet dump. It seems like your server only supports 4.1,
> not 4.2. xattr support builds on 4.2 (within the rules laid out in
> RFC 8178).

That's right, this is what rfc8276 says:

   Note that the XDR code contained in this document depends on types
   from the NFSv4.2 nfs4_prot.x file [RFC7863].  This includes both nfs
   types that end with a 4, such as nfs_cookie4, count4, etc., as well
   as more-generic types, such as opaque and bool.

However, xattr support doesn't relays on any functionality provided by v4.2. Moreover,
all used data structures (nfs_cookie4, component4, change_info4) defined in nfsv4.0.
Thus there are no reasons why even v4.0 server can't support xattrs.

> 
> So, the fsinfo client call, which is just a GETATTR, masks out the 4.2
> fattr bits from server->attr_mask, and just uses the 4.1 bits. Meaning that
> xattr_support is not included, and defaults to false.

I was expecting something like this, but was unable to find the place where this
masking is happening.

Tigran.

> 
> The packet dump also indicates that your server advertises the xattr_support
> fattr as supported, even though it's in a 4.1 session, which would not
> be correct.
> 
> - Frank

  reply	other threads:[~2020-03-27  7:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-25 23:10 [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] nfs,nfsd: NFSv4.2 extended attribute protocol definitions Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] nfs: add client side only definitions for user xattrs Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] NFSv4.2: define limits and sizes for user xattr handling Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] NFSv4.2: query the server for extended attribute support Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] NFSv4.2: add client side XDR handling for extended attributes Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] nfs: define nfs_access_get_cached function Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] NFSv4.2: query the extended attribute access bits Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] nfs: modify update_changeattr to deal with regular files Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] nfs: define and use the NFS_INO_INVALID_XATTR flag Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] nfs: make the buf_to_pages_noslab function available to the nfs code Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] NFSv4.2: add the extended attribute proc functions Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] NFSv4.2: hook in the user extended attribute handlers Frank van der Linden
2020-03-25 23:10 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] NFSv4.2: add client side xattr caching Frank van der Linden
2020-03-26 19:03 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support Mkrtchyan, Tigran
2020-03-26 19:43   ` Frank van der Linden
2020-03-26 23:16   ` Frank van der Linden
2020-03-27  7:51     ` Mkrtchyan, Tigran [this message]
     [not found]       ` <v2aze7-yqvuvfuc4i30-1xxisr-dr39sbpkxym7-2nbcltx37gs3ezoql-qoc5f45hvih45iurdv-lqtdu9ppbm6i-upakk-2awl3v-em4ktl4ip5gchvuicg-vgnve1-wbqe5p-fw96bj-ct2sjj-wlbpk7.1586002736523@email.android.com>
2020-06-08 15:52         ` Mkrtchyan, Tigran
2020-06-08 16:15           ` Anna Schumaker
2020-06-08 16:37             ` Mkrtchyan, Tigran
2020-06-08 16:47               ` Frank van der Linden
2020-06-08 16:52                 ` Mkrtchyan, Tigran

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