Hi Garrett Code of the patch was originally brought by Michael Adam from Samba.org but the code was not accepted to downstream because the samba 3.0 become obsoleted. Currently the samba 3.3 (3.2+) has the OFF-LINE support directly on VFS interface so this way is currently not supported in source downstream. Even though we need to cover this feature to the customers using the Solaris 10 for *now*.
Samba 3.2+ is released under the GPLv3 license so there was 1year long "battle" with Sun legals to convince them to approve the integration of samba 3.3 into the Solaris Nevada. Integration of the samba 3.0 patch for off-line files support is the fastest way to keep the continuity of the SAMFS support for the Solaris 10 users. Samba 3.2+ is planed to bring the native support for HSM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical_storage_management) which is equivalent to SAM in Sun. Currently I am also working on the PSARC case for the samba 3.3 upgrade but doing this task will need more time than this fix of samba 3.0 which is already running as relief on customers box. Regards jiri Garrett D'Amore wrote: > Is the supporting code for this coming from upstream, or is this a new > invention at Sun? (Specifically, are there compatibility concerns for > the samfs share configuration directive?) > > - Garrett > > Daniel Hain wrote: >> I'm submitting this fasttrack for Jiri Sasek. This proposal seeks >> patch binding >> and will timeout on 07/13/2009. >> >> The listed imported interfaces from libsam.so are currently >> classified as Stable >> by the last approved PSARC case (PSARC/2001/599/ SAM_FS and QFS 4.0). >> The case for SAM-QFS 5.0 (PSARC/2007/588) lists them as Unstable, >> but that case has not >> been approved. Discussion with the SAM-QFS team indicates that they >> feel the classification of these interfaces is still Stable. >> >> -Dan >> >> >> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI >> This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems >> 1. Introduction >> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: >> Support off-line files on SAM-QFS for Samba in Solaris >> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier: >> Author: Jiri Sasek >> 1.3 Date of This Document: >> 06 July, 2009 >> 4. Technical Description >> Proposal: >> >> Support off-line files on SAM-QFS for Samba in Solaris. >> >> Detail: >> >> Samba is CIFS volume and printing server. >> >> The current version of Samba (3.0.34) integrated in Solaris >> does not support off-line file attribute for files stored on >> a SAM-FS volume when located on an off-line storage (a tape). >> >> Such situation has the following consequences on MS Windows >> clients: >> >> - Client's attempt to acces an off-line file will fail on >> timeout which is set too short to access a file stored >> on a tape or any other external (off-line) storage. >> >> - If MS Windows Eplorer's curent directory is set to >> a directory full of off-lined files it causes a "storm" >> of the tape changer arms when thumbnails are being generated. >> >> The solution is to let Samba use libsam.so library, [4], which >> provides the off-line information for files stored on a >> off-line storage (a tape). Since this library is optional >> on Solaris then it is necessary to use lazy binding option for >> linking this library with Samba. The lazy binding option makes >> sure that "smbd" (Samba daemon) will run even if libsamfs.so is >> not present on the system. >> >> When "samfs share = yes" configuration option is set in smb.conf >> (Samba configuration file) and libsamfs.so is not present on the >> system then calling the lazy linked library-call will not complete >> the dlopen(2) call successfuly and the standard message from the >> run-time linker notifying about is redirected from the stderr >> output to the "smbd" log file appropriate to the CIFS session >> serviced by this "smbd" daemon. Samba log files can be configured >> as described in smb.conf(4). In the standard distribution such log >> file is located on the "/var/samba/log/log.<hostname|IP>" path. >> >> SAM-FS library libsamfs.so is delivered by optional packages >> SUNWsamfsr SUNWsamfsu and should be installed from the external >> source. >> Exported Interfaces: (uncommited) >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE flag (0x00001000) in "Attributes" of >> SMB_QUERY_FILE_BASIC_INFO response CIFS message will indicate the >> off/on-line file status of files located on SAM-QFS share >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> smb.conf option "samfs share = yes|no" (default: no) >> >> Imported Interfaces: >> >> The following functions from libsamfs.so are used: >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> sam_stat() | File status calls available from libsam library >> sam_segment_stat() | returning the "struct sam_stat" >> >> References: >> >> [1] http://samba.org/ >> Author(s) of Samba: Andrew Tridgel, Jeremy Alisson, Michael Adam... >> please check Samba.org to obtain the full list of the core team >> members >> please also check the source code for external contributors >> [2] Common Internet File System (CIFS) Technical Reference (Revision: >> 1.0) >> http://snia.org/ >> [3] 6737005 samba should handle samfs WORM and offline files gracefully >> [4] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/samqfs/sourcecode/ >> >> >> >> 6. Resources and Schedule >> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information >> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name: >> ON >> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack >> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open >> >> >
