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From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>,
	Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
	Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>
Cc: <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 00/27] Convert server-side NFSv2 XDR to use xdrgen
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:28:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916162859.2051-1-cel@kernel.org> (raw)

Replace NFSD's NFSv2 XDR encoders and decoders with code that is
mechanically generated directly from the NFSv2 RPC language
specification.

The benefits for NFSv2 are marginal. When we eventually convert
newer NFS versions to use xdrgen, I expect a reduction in human
coding errors, improved spec compliance, and better memory safety
for those more complex NFS programs.

These patches have been lightly tested with fstests run against an
xfs export.

Chuck Lever (27):
  Documentation: Add the RPC language description of NFSv2
  NFSD: Add infrastructure for generating NFSv2 XDR encoders and
    decoders
  NFSD: Use xdrgen-generated NFSv2 protocol definitions
  NFSD: Remove '#include "xdr.h"' from fs/nfsd/xdr3.h
  NFSD: Relocate the NFSv2 XDR storage union into nfsproc.c
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 NULL procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 GETATTR procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 SETATTR procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 ROOT procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 LOOKUP procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READLINK procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READ procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 WRITECACHE procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 WRITE procedure
  NFSD: Refactor nfsd_proc_create()
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 CREATE procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 REMOVE procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 RENAME procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 LINK procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 SYMLINK procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 MKDIR procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 RMDIR procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 STATFS procedure
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READDIR arguments
  NFSD: Add a streaming directory reader
  NFSD: Refactor NFSv2 directory cookie encoding
  NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READDIR results

 Documentation/sunrpc/xdr/nfs2.x    |  254 +++++
 fs/nfs_common/common.c             |    5 +-
 fs/nfsd/Makefile                   |   15 +-
 fs/nfsd/nfs2acl.c                  |    2 +-
 fs/nfsd/nfs2xdr_gen.c              | 1079 +++++++++++++++++++
 fs/nfsd/nfs2xdr_gen.h              |   46 +
 fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c                  |    2 +
 fs/nfsd/nfsd.h                     |    2 -
 fs/nfsd/nfserr.h                   |    2 +-
 fs/nfsd/nfsfh.h                    |    5 +
 fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c                  | 1574 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c                   |  605 +++--------
 fs/nfsd/vfs.c                      |  239 +++--
 fs/nfsd/vfs.h                      |   40 +
 fs/nfsd/xdr.h                      |  167 +--
 fs/nfsd/xdr3.h                     |    3 +-
 include/linux/nfs_common.h         |    4 +-
 include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/nfs2.h |  298 ++++++
 18 files changed, 3121 insertions(+), 1221 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/sunrpc/xdr/nfs2.x
 create mode 100644 fs/nfsd/nfs2xdr_gen.c
 create mode 100644 fs/nfsd/nfs2xdr_gen.h
 create mode 100644 include/linux/sunrpc/xdrgen/nfs2.h

-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-16 16:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-16 16:28 Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 01/27] Documentation: Add the RPC language description of NFSv2 Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] NFSD: map fh_verify() status codes for NFS_ACLv2 replies Chuck Lever
2026-09-17 11:57   ` Jeff Layton
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 02/27] NFSD: Add infrastructure for generating NFSv2 XDR encoders and decoders Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] NFSD: map fh_verify() status codes for NFS_ACLv3 replies Chuck Lever
2026-09-17 11:57   ` Jeff Layton
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 03/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen-generated NFSv2 protocol definitions Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 04/27] NFSD: Remove '#include "xdr.h"' from fs/nfsd/xdr3.h Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 05/27] NFSD: Relocate the NFSv2 XDR storage union into nfsproc.c Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 06/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 NULL procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 07/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 GETATTR procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 08/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 SETATTR procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 09/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 ROOT procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 10/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 LOOKUP procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 11/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READLINK procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 12/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READ procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 13/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 WRITECACHE procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 14/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 WRITE procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 15/27] NFSD: Refactor nfsd_proc_create() Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 16/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 CREATE procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 17/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 REMOVE procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 18/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 RENAME procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 19/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 LINK procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 20/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 SYMLINK procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 21/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 MKDIR procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 22/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 RMDIR procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 23/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for the NFSv2 STATFS procedure Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 24/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READDIR arguments Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 25/27] NFSD: Add a streaming directory reader Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 26/27] NFSD: Refactor NFSv2 directory cookie encoding Chuck Lever
2026-09-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v1 27/27] NFSD: Use xdrgen XDR functions for NFSv2 READDIR results Chuck Lever
2026-09-17 11:56 ` [PATCH v1 00/27] Convert server-side NFSv2 XDR to use xdrgen Jeff Layton
2026-09-17 14:57   ` Chuck Lever

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