Expanding on that a bit, Ganesha uses the common part of the handle (FSAL ID and Export ID) to vector into the correct FSAL and export, so that in knows which code to call.
Dan On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Matt W. Benjamin <m...@cohortfs.com> wrote: > Hi Dirk, > > Yes, Ganesha creates an expanded handle from your FSAL private handle and its > own steering data. See the logic in support/nfs_filehandle_mgmt_c. > > Matt > > ----- "Dirk Jagdmann" <d...@cubic.org> wrote: > >> > The exportid is not meaningful to the client, however, since it is >> part of >> > the handle, and the clients expect handles to be unchanging for a >> specific >> > file, changing the exportid for a given client's VM file would >> definitely >> > cause problems. >> >> But when I write my own FSAL, I do construct my own wire handle. If I >> don't >> include the Export ID in my own wire handle (my file has a unique ID, >> unique >> even across different file systems), will be client still see the >> Export ID? >> Does the server software add something to the wire handle, what the >> FSAL doesn't >> put in there? >> >> -- >> ---> Dirk Jagdmann >> ----> http://cubic.org/~doj >> -----> http://llg.cubic.org >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list >> Nfs-ganesha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel > > -- > Matt Benjamin > CohortFS, LLC. > 315 West Huron Street, Suite 140A > Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 > > http://cohortfs.com > > tel. 734-761-4689 > fax. 734-769-8938 > cel. 734-216-5309 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list > Nfs-ganesha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Nfs-ganesha-devel mailing list Nfs-ganesha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs-ganesha-devel
