On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 05:23:38PM +0530, Soumya Koduri wrote: > Hi Shyam/Raghavendra/Jiffin, > > #18429 [1] addresses a missing functionality in gfapi (since almost Day1) > which is to be able to set lk_owner. This fix is now needed for integration > of recent/upcoming upstream NFS-Ganesha releases with Gluster without which > locking functionality over NFS shall be broken. > > Since 3.13 shall be STM release, to be able to continue supporting existing > stable gluster releases + NFS-Ganesha, I request you to approve backport of > that fix to 3.10 and 3.12 releases. The fix is not intrusive and doesn't > affect any other access protocol. > > Once it gets approved, as suggested by Niels, I shall first change the > symbol version of that new routine to 3.10 in master branch and then > backport the changes to stable releases.
+1 from me, existing gfapi applications will not be affected. Adding a new symbol in the library for stable versions has been done before. Upgrading to a newer stable version works fine as long as an upgrade to a recent minor update is done. Niels > > Thanks, > Soumya > > > [1] https://review.gluster.org/#/c/18429 _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers
