From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Steve French <smfrench-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Gerald Carter <jerry-I3iY/6WR96Zg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: mark CONFIG_CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT as BROKEN
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:23:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110523182332.GA13791@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=NXhZ1PJKRKA1wYgbcBnw05_X8dQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 01:21:35PM -0500, Steve French wrote:
> Until Peter's Linux NFS fix is in - aren't we in that situation
> already with other fs.
That patch is not going to help with the fundamental problem that
you won't be able to ever find an inode that went out of cache.
In short cifs in it's current form is fundamentally unsuitable for
NFS exporting, and no papering over is going to fix that. Offering
it to users is highly dangerous.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-23 18:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-22 11:55 [PATCH] cifs: mark CONFIG_CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT as BROKEN Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <1306065324-24604-1-git-send-email-jlayton-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-22 11:59 ` Christoph Hellwig
[not found] ` <20110522115938.GA27941-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-22 12:17 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20110522081707.72cce108-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 1:12 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTim_K__5bqJG5snk+Bb+CW5dB70aQA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 11:12 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20110523071208.5dc935f8-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 13:42 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTikRqxGo3mm7h3w3-JL+Si6ZJYGPZQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 13:50 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20110523095027.2746e7c0-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 14:02 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTikBOdYnb5nqf=fM3Lh1EptBmkqwbQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 14:15 ` Jeff Layton
2011-05-23 13:54 ` Shirish Pargaonkar
2011-05-23 16:31 ` Gerald Carter
[not found] ` <4DDA8BE6.8000001-I3iY/6WR96Zg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 16:58 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTikpWQaYRbaTGs5WtZ8zWrL8jeeQZQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 17:45 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20110523134542.7d16be6d-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 17:52 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTinX=CA_zeqNPhZpZD9JY3BNk08K_w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 18:07 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20110523140722.45c4ffc6-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 18:21 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=NXhZ1PJKRKA1wYgbcBnw05_X8dQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 18:23 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
[not found] ` <20110523182332.GA13791-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 18:24 ` Steve French
[not found] ` <BANLkTi=wCtL=eHksuLuBPX8swEJjrtiV5w-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 18:29 ` Steve French
2011-05-23 18:47 ` Jeff Layton
[not found] ` <20110523144705.56f17271-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2011-05-23 19:03 ` Steve French
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