From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DENIEL Philippe Subject: Re: [1/8] readdir-plus system call Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:51:14 +0200 Message-ID: <5162CB52.9030607@cea.fr> References: <516299A5.8030109@panasas.com> <51629A76.1020609@panasas.com> Reply-To: philippe.deniel@cea.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Steven Whitehouse , Steve Dickson , Jeff Layton , lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel , Ganesha NFS List , Frank S Filz , "J. Bruce Fields" , "Lieb, Jim" , Venkateswararao Jujjuri To: Boaz Harrosh Return-path: Received: from sainfoin-out.extra.cea.fr ([132.167.192.145]:47609 "EHLO sainfoin-out.extra.cea.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935778Ab3DHOOk (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:14:40 -0400 Received: from pisaure.intra.cea.fr (pisaure.intra.cea.fr [132.166.88.21]) by sainfoin.extra.cea.fr (8.14.2/8.14.2/CEAnet-Internet-out-2.3) with ESMTP id r38DpEP0015609 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:51:14 +0200 Received: from muguet1.intra.cea.fr (muguet1.intra.cea.fr [132.166.192.6]) by pisaure.intra.cea.fr (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r38DpEFA011073 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:51:14 +0200 (envelope-from philippe.deniel@cea.fr) Received: from zia.cdc.esteban.ctsi (out.dam.intra.cea.fr [132.165.76.10]) by muguet1.intra.cea.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8/CEAnet-Intranet-out-1.2) with SMTP id r38DpEmU007302 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:51:14 +0200 In-Reply-To: <51629A76.1020609@panasas.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, from a Lustre user point of view, having a way to readdirplus (getting dirents + related attrs) would really be helpful. Beyond the mere scope of Ganesha, it can have bunches of cool cases of use. Philippe On 04/08/13 12:22, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > By: Steven Whitehouse ) > > 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 >