Re: [Nfs-ganesha-devel] [1/8] readdir-plus system call

["Matt W. Benjamin" <matt@linuxbox.com>]

All (CC Trond),

This seems timely.  Has this effort looed at issues distributed file
systems have with cookies/offsets, and whether a new interface can offer future
relief there?

Thanks,

Matt

----- "Steven Whitehouse" <swhiteho@redhat.com> wrote:

> Again, copying in Abhi,
> 
> Steve.
> 
> On Mon, 2013-04-08 at 13:22 +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> > By: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>)
> > 
> > I repeat below Steve's original mail. Steve you said you have
> > some experimental code, could you post an header and a git URL
> > so we can have a look?
> > 
> > I have seen in the Corner of my eye a readdir-plus syscall in
> FreeBSD
> > I will try to find it and post the Interface header as reply to
> here.
> > Might as well make sure they should match somewhat.
> > 
> > Steve wrote ...
> > > As part of the work we've been doing in relation to integration
> between
> > > NFS/Samba and GFS2, Abhi has been working on a readdirplus system
> call
> > > in order to investigate the issues involved with creating such a
> call.
> > > It is still early days yet, but by April there should be some
> > > interesting results to present.
> > > 
> > > Please add Abhi to the attendee list as well as myself. 
> > > 
> > > Also, it has been some time since we had a NFS/Samba meeting to
> discuss
> > > the other issues which are pending, such as locking, ACLs, etc. So
> we
> > > could perhaps also allow some time to do that face to face rather
> than
> > > over the phone as we've been doing up til now,
> > > 
> > > Steve.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Boaz
> > 
> 

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