From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Olaf Kirch Subject: [PATCH 0/22] Introduction to lockd patches Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 15:06:47 +0200 Message-ID: <20060805130647.GA8011@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G9Lrf-00078h-Qi for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:06:52 -0700 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1G9Lre-0000Sx-PJ for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:06:52 -0700 Received: from Relay2.suse.de (mail2.suse.de [195.135.221.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0AED1FF4C for ; Sat, 5 Aug 2006 15:06:47 +0200 (CEST) To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Introduction to lockd patches This set of patches does various cleanups in the lockd code, adds the ability to use the client host name instead of the IP address (which is something the HA folks asked us for), and the ability to switch between the user space rpc.statd and a new kernel statd implementation. The latter needs a separate user space utility named sm-notify that sends out the NSM_NOTIFY calls at boot. The utility is available from ftp://ftp.lst.de/pub/people/okir/sm-notify. This code has been in several Suse releases. I forward ported this to 2.6.18-rc3 and made sure it compiles. I have *not* done any testing yet, as I ran out of time (I'm leaving for vacation tomorrow). I wanted to post this code for your review nevertheless, since I promised Steve Dickson I'd do that :) If the kernel statd code is too controversial, I'm fine with keeping that in the suse tree a little longer. But I do believe it makes things a lot easier for users (one configuration mistake less); and it also makes the code simpler (no more funky upcalls to user land). Note that both the use of hostnames instead of addresses, and the use of kernel statd, are switchable, and default to off. Olaf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs