From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
To: Andreas Dilger <adilger@whamcloud.com>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@itwm.fraunhofer.de>,
ext4 development <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel Devel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Fan Yong <yong.fan@whamcloud.com>,
"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>,
Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] [RESEND] 32/64 bit llseek hashes (v5)
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:48:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120111144827.GA32381@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B5CFE283-4C3A-4C05-A779-05E2BE2EF5C6@whamcloud.com>
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 04:27:15AM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On 2012-01-09, at 6:21 AM, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> > With the ext3/ext4 directory index implementation hashes are used to specify
> > offsets for llseek(). For compatibility with NFSv2 and 32-bit user space
> > on 64-bit systems (kernel space) ext3/ext4 currently only return 32-bit
> > hashes and therefore the probability of hash collisions for larger directories
> > is rather high. As recently reported on the NFS mailing list that theoretical
> > problem also happens on real systems:
> > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.nfs/40863
> >
> > The following series adds two new f_mode flags to tell ext4
> > to use 32-bit or 64-bit hash values for llseek() calls.
> > These flags can then used by network file systems, such as NFS, to
> > request 32-bit or 64-bit offsets (hashes).
>
> Ted, it would be great if these patches could land. We hit issues like
> this previously as well, which is why we started this patch series in the
> first place.
Yes, this needs to be fixed--is there anything in particular holding up
these patches?
--b.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-11 14:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-09 13:21 [PATCH 0/4] [RESEND] 32/64 bit llseek hashes (v5) Bernd Schubert
2012-01-09 13:21 ` [PATCH 5 1/4] Add new FMODE flags: FMODE_32bithash and FMODE_64bithash Bernd Schubert
2012-01-09 13:21 ` [PATCH 5 2/4] Return 32/64-bit dir name hash according to usage type Bernd Schubert
2012-03-05 15:59 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120305155939.GE21356-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-06 0:40 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-06 0:40 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-06 2:28 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120306022838.GA24323-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-06 9:59 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-06 9:59 ` Bernd Schubert
[not found] ` <4F55E01B.3060105-mPn0NPGs4xGatNDF+KUbs4QuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-06 15:15 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-06 15:15 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120306151543.GA32282-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-07 9:01 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-07 9:01 ` Bernd Schubert
[not found] ` <20120109132148.2616029.68798.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-20 20:04 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-04-20 20:04 ` Eric Sandeen
[not found] ` <4F91C15B.6070200-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-22 12:51 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-22 12:51 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-23 20:37 ` Eric Sandeen
[not found] ` <4F95BD72.6090200-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-23 20:52 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-23 20:52 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-23 21:22 ` Eric Sandeen
[not found] ` <4F95C109.1030401-mPn0NPGs4xGatNDF+KUbs4QuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-23 22:23 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-04-23 22:23 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-04-23 22:42 ` Andreas Dilger
[not found] ` <A754D23B-B946-4E80-ACEA-0E2C2E6FAA2E-KloliPT79xf2eFz/2MeuCQ@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-24 16:10 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-24 16:10 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-24 19:21 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-04-24 21:07 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-24 22:24 ` Andreas Dilger
2012-04-25 15:05 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-04-25 15:12 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-25 15:36 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-04-24 21:28 ` Andreas Dilger
2012-04-24 21:26 ` Eric Sandeen
2012-01-09 13:21 ` [PATCH 5 3/4] nfsd_open(): rename 'int access' to 'int may_flags' in nfsd_open() Bernd Schubert
2012-01-09 13:21 ` [PATCH 5 4/4] nfsd: vfs_llseek() with 32 or 64 bit offsets (hashes) Bernd Schubert
[not found] ` <20120109132158.2616029.30467.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
[not found] ` <20120109132153.2616029.26302.stgit-bi+AKbBUZKY6gyzm1THtWbp2dZbC/Bob@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-06 0:08 ` [PATCH 5 3/4] nfsd_open(): rename 'int access' to 'int may_flags' in nfsd_open() Ted Ts'o
2012-03-06 0:08 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120306000837.GA17164-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-06 2:08 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-06 2:08 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-06 15:18 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-06 15:28 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-09 20:51 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120309205148.GB5635-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-12 15:09 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-12 15:09 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120312150912.GB12440-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-12 15:49 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-12 15:49 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-12 22:22 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-13 20:01 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20120313200117.GA21991-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-13 20:03 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-13 20:03 ` Bernd Schubert
[not found] ` <4F5FA827.8020606-mPn0NPGs4xGatNDF+KUbs4QuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-13 20:34 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-13 20:34 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-13 21:09 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-13 21:29 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20120313212947.GK31995-spRCxval1Z7TsXDwO4sDpg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-14 14:32 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-14 14:32 ` Bernd Schubert
[not found] ` <4F60AC0D.9020204-mPn0NPGs4xGatNDF+KUbs4QuADTiUCJX@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-14 16:05 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-14 16:05 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20120314160529.GB31194-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-16 21:22 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-16 21:22 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-03-19 2:54 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120319025455.GD31682-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-19 20:00 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-19 20:00 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20120319200041.GA25161-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-20 0:10 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-20 0:10 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-04-12 20:49 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-04-12 20:49 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20120412204948.GE6667-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-12 21:22 ` Bernd Schubert
2012-04-12 21:22 ` Bernd Schubert
[not found] ` <4F8747A1.8060800-97jfqw80gc6171pxa8y+qA@public.gmane.org>
2012-04-12 21:25 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-04-12 21:25 ` J. Bruce Fields
[not found] ` <20120313203446.GB21991-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-13 21:10 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-13 21:10 ` Ted Ts'o
[not found] ` <20120313211009.GA11969-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2012-03-13 21:27 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-03-13 21:27 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-01-10 11:27 ` [PATCH 0/4] [RESEND] 32/64 bit llseek hashes (v5) Andreas Dilger
2012-01-11 14:48 ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]
[not found] ` <20120111144827.GA32381-uC3wQj2KruNg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-11 15:31 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-01-11 15:31 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-03-05 12:23 ` Bernd Schubert
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