Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support

["Mkrtchyan, Tigran" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>]

Dear maintainers,

are those changes considered for 5.8?

Thanks,
   Tigran. 

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tigran Mkrtchyan" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
> To: "Frank van der Linden" <fllinden@amazon.com>
> Cc: "linux-nfs" <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, "Anna Schumaker" <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>, "Trond Myklebust"
> <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2020 2:18:54 PM
> Subject: Re:[PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support

> After adding 'minimal' 4.2 implementation to our server, the patchset works as
> expected.
> Thanks, Tigran.
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Mkrtchyan, Tigran" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
> Date: Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 08:51
> To: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@amazon.com>
> Cc: linux-nfs <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, Anna Schumaker
> <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>, Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Frank van der Linden" <fllinden@amazon.com>
>> To: "Tigran Mkrtchyan" <tigran.mkrtchyan@desy.de>
>> Cc: "linux-nfs" <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>, "Anna Schumaker"
>> <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>, "Trond Myklebust"
>> <trond.myklebust@hammerspace.com>
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 12:16:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] NFS client user xattr (RFC8276) support
> 
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 08:03:13PM +0100, Mkrtchyan, Tigran wrote:
>>> The new patchset looks broken to me.
>>> 
>>> Client quiryes for supported attributes and gets xattr_support bit set:
>>> 
>>> Mar 26 11:27:07 ani.desy.de kernel: decode_attr_supported:
>>> bitmask=fcffbfff:40fdbe3e:00040800
>>> 
>>> However, the attribute never queries, but client makes is decision:
>>> 
>>> Mar 26 11:27:07 ani.desy.de kernel: decode_attr_xattrsupport: XATTR
>>> support=false
>>> 
>>> The packets can be found here: https://sas.desy.de/index.php/s/GEPiBxPg3eR4aGA
>>> 
>>> Can you provide packets of your mount/umount round.
>> 
>> Hi Tigran,
>> 
>> I looked at your packet dump. It seems like your server only supports 4.1,
>> not 4.2. xattr support builds on 4.2 (within the rules laid out in
>> RFC 8178).
> 
> That's right, this is what rfc8276 says:
> 
>   Note that the XDR code contained in this document depends on types
>   from the NFSv4.2 nfs4_prot.x file [RFC7863].  This includes both nfs
>   types that end with a 4, such as nfs_cookie4, count4, etc., as well
>   as more-generic types, such as opaque and bool.
> 
> However, xattr support doesn't relays on any functionality provided by v4.2.
> Moreover,
> all used data structures (nfs_cookie4, component4, change_info4) defined in
> nfsv4.0.
> Thus there are no reasons why even v4.0 server can't support xattrs.
> 
>> 
>> So, the fsinfo client call, which is just a GETATTR, masks out the 4.2
>> fattr bits from server->attr_mask, and just uses the 4.1 bits. Meaning that
>> xattr_support is not included, and defaults to false.
> 
> I was expecting something like this, but was unable to find the place where this
> masking is happening.
> 
> Tigran.
> 
>> 
>> The packet dump also indicates that your server advertises the xattr_support
>> fattr as supported, even though it's in a 4.1 session, which would not
>> be correct.
>> 
> > - Frank