Hi,

On Sat, Sep 06, 2025 at 08:32:45AM +0000, Eugen Block wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> can you share where that comment comes from?

Sure, it's from the ceph sample config in the nfs-ganesha source:
https://github.com/nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha/blob/next/src/config_samples/ceph.conf#L81-L83

> I can't find it in the docs or
> on github. The only place I found is this Oracle guide which is for Ceph
> Luminous, that is quite old:
> 
> https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/ceph-storage/ceph-luminous-UsingCephStorageforOracleLinux.html
> 
> I have no idea if newer versions support subtree checking though, we've been
> looking into ganesha many years ago and it didn't work for us at that time
> at all. I have that on my agenda to give it another try, but I don't find
> the time at the moment. Hopefully someone else has more insights for you.
> 
> Regards,
> Eugen
> 
> Zitat von Davíð Steinn Geirsson <da...@dsg.is>:
> 
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > When I moved my file server shares to CephFS, I set each share on its
> > own CephFS. The reason was this comment in the nfs-ganesha example
> > config:
> > 
> >     # Note that FSAL_CEPH does not support subtree checking, so there is
> >     # no way to validate that a filehandle presented by a client is
> >     # reachable via an exported subtree.
> >     #
> >     # For that reason, we just export "/" here.
> > 
> > Now, this is fine for low numbers of shares, but as they have grown it
> > feels a bit overkill to be creating two or more new pools (metadata +
> > data + sometimes another EC data) for each share. Tuning the PG numbers
> > for those pools is also kind of a pain.
> > 
> > I'm wondering, would using a subvolume for the share provide the needed
> > security isolation?
> > 
> > Best,
> > Davíð
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