From: "Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: hch@infradead.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, adilger@sun.com,
corbet@lwn.net, serue@us.ibm.com, neilb@suse.de,
hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp, bfields@fieldses.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, sfrench@us.ibm.com,
philippe.deniel@CEA.FR, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V13 0/11] Generic name to handle and open by handle syscalls
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:38:39 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877hmfib2w.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100604054328.GA20641@dastard>
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:43:28 +1000, Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 09:44:06PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The below set of patches implement open by handle support using exportfs
> > operations. This allows user space application to map a file name to file
> > handle and later open the file using handle. This should be usable
> > for userspace NFS [1] and 9P server [2]. XFS already support this with the ioctls
> > XFS_IOC_PATH_TO_HANDLE and XFS_IOC_OPEN_BY_HANDLE.
> .....
> > Example program: (x86_32). (x86_64 would need a different syscall number)
>
> [snip test program]
>
> Just a thought - can you write a set of tests using this (or
> similar) test program and integrate them into xfstests?
>
> That will help ensure correctness when implementing the API in other
> filesystems (e.g. XFS ;), as well as provide some level of assurance
> that we'll notice when we break the code...
>
Will do. I also have test that test for different open flags with
open_by_handle_at. Will add those tests also.
-aneesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-04 6:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-03 16:14 [PATCH -V13 0/11] Generic name to handle and open by handle syscalls Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 01/11] exportfs: Return the minimum required handle size Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 02/11] vfs: Add name to file handle conversion support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 03/11] vfs: Add open by file handle support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 04/11] vfs: Allow handle based open on symlinks Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 05/11] vfs: Support null pathname in readlink Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 06/11] ext4: Copy fs UUID to superblock Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 07/11] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_32 Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 08/11] x86: Add new syscalls for x86_64 Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 09/11] ext3: Copy fs UUID to superblock Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 10/11] vfs: Support null pathname in faccessat Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-03 16:14 ` [PATCH -V13 11/11] vfs: Support null pathname in linkat Aneesh Kumar K.V
2010-06-04 5:43 ` [PATCH -V13 0/11] Generic name to handle and open by handle syscalls Dave Chinner
2010-06-04 6:08 ` Aneesh Kumar K. V [this message]
2010-06-08 14:18 ` Aneesh Kumar K. V
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2010-06-03 16:08 Aneesh Kumar K.V
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