Re: [NFS] Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-02 Thread Chris Mason
On Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:19:59 AM +0200 Trond Myklebust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Do you really need the parent inode in the filehandle? > > That screws rename up pretty badly, since the filehandle changes when > you rename into a different directory. It means for

Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-02 Thread Hans Reiser
Why are people afraid to put Neil Brown's code into 2.4? It works, we have tons of users using it, it is the only nfs solution that has a tested reiserfs user base, don't worry that it isn't tested and shouldn't go into 2.4 because it is better tested than any of these quick fixes that are

Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-02 Thread Hans Reiser
Why are people afraid to put Neil Brown's code into 2.4? It works, we have tons of users using it, it is the only nfs solution that has a tested reiserfs user base, don't worry that it isn't tested and shouldn't go into 2.4 because it is better tested than any of these quick fixes that are

Re: [NFS] Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-02 Thread Chris Mason
On Saturday, June 02, 2001 12:19:59 AM +0200 Trond Myklebust [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Chris, Do you really need the parent inode in the filehandle? That screws rename up pretty badly, since the filehandle changes when you rename into a different directory. It means for instance

Re: [NFS] Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-01 Thread Trond Myklebust
Hi Chris, Do you really need the parent inode in the filehandle? That screws rename up pretty badly, since the filehandle changes when you rename into a different directory. It means for instance that when I do open(foo) mv foo bar/ write (foo) close(foo) then I have a pretty good chance of

Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-01 Thread Chris Mason
> On Monday, April 23, 2001 10:45:14 AM -0400 Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi guys, >> >> This patch is not meant to replace Neil Brown's knfsd ops stuff, the >> goal was to whip up something that had a chance of getting into 2.4.x, >> and that might be usable by the AFS

Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-01 Thread Chris Mason
On Monday, April 23, 2001 10:45:14 AM -0400 Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, This patch is not meant to replace Neil Brown's knfsd ops stuff, the goal was to whip up something that had a chance of getting into 2.4.x, and that might be usable by the AFS guys too. Neil's

Re: [NFS] Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-06-01 Thread Trond Myklebust
Hi Chris, Do you really need the parent inode in the filehandle? That screws rename up pretty badly, since the filehandle changes when you rename into a different directory. It means for instance that when I do open(foo) mv foo bar/ write (foo) close(foo) then I have a pretty good chance of

Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-04-30 Thread Chris Mason
On Monday, April 23, 2001 10:45:14 AM -0400 Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > This patch is not meant to replace Neil Brown's knfsd ops stuff, the > goal was to whip up something that had a chance of getting into 2.4.x, > and that might be usable by the AFS guys too.

Re: [RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-04-30 Thread Chris Mason
On Monday, April 23, 2001 10:45:14 AM -0400 Chris Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, This patch is not meant to replace Neil Brown's knfsd ops stuff, the goal was to whip up something that had a chance of getting into 2.4.x, and that might be usable by the AFS guys too. Neil's

[RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-04-23 Thread Chris Mason
Hi guys, This patch is not meant to replace Neil Brown's knfsd ops stuff, the goal was to whip up something that had a chance of getting into 2.4.x, and that might be usable by the AFS guys too. Neil's patch tries to address a bunch of things that I didn't, and looks better for the long run.

[RFC] yet another knfsd-reiserfs patch

2001-04-23 Thread Chris Mason
Hi guys, This patch is not meant to replace Neil Brown's knfsd ops stuff, the goal was to whip up something that had a chance of getting into 2.4.x, and that might be usable by the AFS guys too. Neil's patch tries to address a bunch of things that I didn't, and looks better for the long run.