Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] enhance NFSv4.2 SSC to delay unmount source's export.

[dai.ngo@oracle.com]

Hi Olga,

On 4/6/21 12:57 PM, Olga Kornievskaia wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 3:43 PM Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 6, 2021, at 3:41 PM, Olga Kornievskaia <olga.kornievskaia@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:33 PM Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 2, 2021, at 7:30 PM, Dai Ngo <dai.ngo@oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently the source's export is mounted and unmounted on every
>>>>> inter-server copy operation. This causes unnecessary overhead
>>>>> for each copy.
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch series is an enhancement to allow the export to remain
>>>>> mounted for a configurable period (default to 15 minutes). If the
>>>>> export is not being used for the configured time it will be unmounted
>>>>> by a delayed task. If it's used again then its expiration time is
>>>>> extended for another period.
>>>>>
>>>>> Since mount and unmount are no longer done on each copy request,
>>>>> this overhead is no longer used to decide whether the copy should
>>>>> be done with inter-server copy or generic copy. The threshold used
>>>>> to determine sync or async copy is now used for this decision.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dai
>>>>>
>>>>> v2: fix compiler warning of missing prototype.
>>>> Hi Olga-
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting ready to shrink-wrap the initial NFSD v5.13 pull request.
>>>> Have you had a chance to review Dai's patches?
>>> Hi Chuck,
>>>
>>> I apologize I haven't had the chance to review/test it yet. Can I have
>>> until tomorrow evening to do so?
>> Next couple of days will be fine. Thanks!
>>
> I also assumed there would be a v2 given that kbot complained about
> the NFSD patch.

Yes, I sent the v2 patch to fix the compiler warning on 4/2.

Thanks,

-Dai

>
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>> Chuck Lever
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