From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sorin Faibish" Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 09:55:50 -0400 Message-ID: References: <1306932380-10280-1-git-send-email-miklos@szeredi.hu> <20110608153208.dc705cda.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <201107052154.32606.hpj@urpla.net> <87box52amy.fsf@tucsk.pomaz.szeredi.hu> <4E196175.2020307@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: "Hans-Peter Jansen" , "Andrew Morton" , viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, apw@canonical.com, nbd@openwrt.org, neilb@suse.de, hramrach@centrum.cz, jordipujolp@gmail.com, ezk@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu, hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp, "James Morris" , "Bruce Fields" , "Steve Dickson" , "Trond Myklebust" To: "Ric Wheeler" , "Miklos Szeredi" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4E196175.2020307@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:23:17 -0400, Ric Wheeler wrote: > On 07/08/2011 01:57 PM, Miklos Szeredi wrote: >> "Hans-Peter Jansen" writes: >> >>> All kodos to you, Miklos. While I'm still missing a major feature f= rom >>> overlayfs that is a NFS as upper layer, it provides a fairly good >>> start. A commitment from you, that such an extension is considered = for >>> inclusion - given, that it appears one day - is appreciated. Also, >>> since xattr support is available for NFS, >> AFAIK development of generic xattr support on NFS stopped some time = ago. > > Hi Miklos, > > There is a proposed (at the IETF) standard called "labelled NFS" that= =20 > would allow the protocol to handle xattrs. Will be included in NFSv4.2. And we are already very close to a good I-= D. Not sure that xattr change mentioned here will be included. You can loo= k at the current I-D at: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-quigley-nfsv4-labeled/ /Sorin > > It has not set the world on fire in terms of enthusiasm, but has been= =20 > making some progress. We have patches from Dave Quigley that did work= , =20 > but need to resolve the standards issues I suspect before it could ma= ke =20 > progress upstream... > > Ric > >>> it would be nice to outline, what is missing for such an >>> implementation from overlayfs's POV. >> Allow using namspace polluting xattr replacements, such as aufs is >> doing. >> >> But why? Why is it better to do the overlaying on the client instea= d of >> the server? >> >> Thanks, >> Miklos >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kern= el" =20 >> in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdev= el" =20 > in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > --=20 Best Regards Sorin Faibish Corporate Distinguished Engineer Unified Storage Division EMC=B2 where information lives Phone: 508-435-1000 x 48545 Cellphone: 617-510-0422 Email : sfaibish@emc.com