Re: [PATCH v11 00/20] nfs/nfsd: add support for localio

Chuck Lever III
2024-07-05T14:59:47Z

> On Jul 5, 2024, at 10:36 AM, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 07:18:29AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 05, 2024 at 10:15:46AM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
>>> NFSv3 is needed because NFSv3 is used to initiate IO to NFSv3 knfsd on
>>> the same host.
>>
>> That doesn't really bring is any further. Why is it required?
>>
>> I think we'll just need to stop this discussion until we have reasonable
>> documentation of the use cases and assumptions, because without that
>> we'll get hund up in dead loops.
>
> It _really_ isn't material to the core capability that localio provides.
> localio supporting NFSv3 is beneficial for NFSv3 users (NFSv3 in
> containers).
>
> Hammerspace needs localio to work with NFSv3 to assist with its "data
> movers" that run on the host (using nfs and nfsd).
>
> Please just remove yourself from the conversation if you cannot make
> sense of this. If you'd like to be involved, put the work in to
> understand the code and be professional.

Sorry, I can't make sense of this either, and I find the
personal attack here completely inappropriate (and a bit
hypocritical, to be honest).

I have nothing else to contribute that you won't either
dismiss or treat as a personal attack, so I can't continue
this conversation.

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Chuck Lever