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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com>,
	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/10] cifs: define superblock-level cache index objects and register them
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:24:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9513.1277731485@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C289B39.4060901@suse.de>

Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de> wrote:

> Did you mean we need to validate differently for different servers?

You may need to, yes, as different servers may make different attributes
available.

This isn't too bad.  Each server index record in the cache has freeform
auxiliary data, just as does each file data record.  You could, say, stick a
byte at the front that indicates what you've stored in there.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-28 13:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <yes>
2010-06-22 15:20 ` [RFC][PATCH 00/10] cifs: local caching support using FS-Cache Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:22 ` [RFC][PATCH 01/10] cifs: add kernel config option for CIFS Client caching support Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:22 ` [RFC][PATCH 02/10] cifs: guard cifsglob.h against multiple inclusion Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]   ` <1277220170-3442-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-22 21:37     ` Jeff Layton
2010-06-22 15:23 ` [RFC][PATCH 03/10] cifs: register CIFS for caching Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:23 ` [RFC][PATCH 04/10] cifs: define server-level cache index objects and register them with FS-Cache Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]   ` <1277220198-3522-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-22 21:52     ` Jeff Layton
     [not found]       ` <20100622175214.4c56234f-4QP7MXygkU+dMjc06nkz3ljfA9RmPOcC@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23  5:34         ` Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-23 16:54   ` David Howells
2010-06-22 15:23 ` [RFC][PATCH 05/10] cifs: define superblock-level cache index objects and register them Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:23 ` [RFC][PATCH 06/10] cifs: define inode-level cache object " Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:23 ` [RFC][PATCH 07/10] cifs: FS-Cache page management Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-23 17:05   ` David Howells
2010-06-22 15:24 ` [RFC][PATCH 08/10] cifs: store pages into local cache Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:24 ` [RFC][PATCH 09/10] cifs: read pages from FS-Cache Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-22 15:25 ` [RFC][PATCH 10/10] cifs: add mount option to enable local caching Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-23 17:08   ` David Howells
2010-06-23 18:32   ` Scott Lovenberg
     [not found]     ` <4C225338.9010807-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 10:48       ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found] ` <1277220189-3485-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23 16:51   ` [RFC][PATCH 03/10] cifs: register CIFS for caching David Howells
     [not found]     ` <9603.1277311877-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 10:56       ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found] ` <1277220206-3559-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23 16:58   ` [RFC][PATCH 05/10] cifs: define superblock-level cache index objects and register them David Howells
     [not found]     ` <9720.1277312290-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 12:44       ` Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-25 12:58         ` David Howells
     [not found]     ` <22746.1277470713-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 13:26       ` David Howells
     [not found]         ` <23204.1277472412-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-28 12:53           ` Suresh Jayaraman
2010-06-28 13:24             ` David Howells [this message]
     [not found] ` <1277220214-3597-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23 17:02   ` [RFC][PATCH 06/10] cifs: define inode-level cache object " David Howells
     [not found]     ` <9822.1277312573-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 12:50       ` Suresh Jayaraman
     [not found]     ` <4C24A606.5040001-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 12:55       ` David Howells
     [not found]         ` <22697.1277470549-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 16:53           ` Jeff Layton
2010-06-25 21:46             ` David Howells
2010-06-25 22:26               ` Jeff Layton
2010-06-25 23:05                 ` Steve French
2010-06-26  0:52                   ` Mingming Cao
2010-06-27 18:17                     ` Aneesh Kumar K. V
     [not found]                       ` <871vbscpce.fsf-23VcF4HTsmIX0ybBhKVfKdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-27 18:22                         ` Christoph Hellwig
     [not found]               ` <20100625182651.36800d06-9yPaYZwiELC+kQycOl6kW4xkIHaj4LzF@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-25 23:04                 ` David Howells
     [not found] ` <1277220240-3674-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23 17:06   ` [RFC][PATCH 08/10] cifs: store pages into local cache David Howells
     [not found] ` <1277220261-3717-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
2010-06-23 17:07   ` [RFC][PATCH 09/10] cifs: read pages from FS-Cache David Howells

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