[Cluster-devel] Re: [NFS] [RFC PATCH 1/3] NLM lock failover - lock release

[Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com>]

Chuck Lever wrote:

>On 6/29/06, Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com> wrote:
>  
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>>The patch piggy-backs the logic into "rq_daddr" field of struct svc_rqst
>>where NFS server ip address is stored. Upon writing IPv4 address in
>>standard dot notation into /proc/fs/nfsd/nlm_unlock, the logic will
>>examine NLM's global nlm_files list and subsequently unlock the
>>associated file if server ip address matches.
>>
>>Due to the size of rq_daddr (u32), we would not be able to support IPV6
>>for this round of changes. Another to-do item is to enable client:server
>>ip pairs to allow NFS V4 failover.
>>    
>>
>
>FYI: I have a patch in my IPv6 patchset that increases the size of
>this field specifically in order to hold an IPv6 address.  See:
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>   http://oss.oracle.com/~cel/linux-2.6/2.6.17/patches/52-svc-rq_daddr.diff
>
>for the individual patch, and surrounding patches for more context.
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>  
>
ok, thanks ...

-- Wendy

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S. Wendy Cheng
wcheng at redhat.com