Re: nfs subvolume access?

Ulli Horlacher
2021-03-10T15:56:22Z

On Wed 2021-03-10 (09:35), Graham Cobb wrote:

> >>> root@tsmsrvj:~# find /data/fex | wc -l
> >>> 489887
> >
> >> I can't remember if this is why, but I've had to put a distinct
> >> fsid field in each separate subvolume being exported:
> >>
> >> /srv/nfs/home -rw,async,fsid=0x1730,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash
> >
> > I must export EACH subvolume?!
>
> I have had similar problems. I *think* the current case is that modern
> NFS, using NFS V4, can cope with the whole disk being accessible without
> giving each subvolume its own FSID (which I have stopped doing).

I cannot use NFS4 (for several reasons). I must use NFS3

> > The snapshots are generated automatically (via cron)!
> > I cannot add them to /etc/exports
>
> Well, you could write some scripts... but I don't think it is necessary.
> I *think* it is only necessary if you want `find` to be able to cross
> between subvolumes on the NFS mounted disks.

It is not only a find problem:

root@fex:/nfs/tsmsrvj/fex# ls -R
:
spool
ls: ./spool: not listing already-listed directory

And as I wrote: there is no such problem with Ubuntu 18.04!
So, is it a btrfs or a nfs bug?

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