Re: [nfsv4] Linux pNFS status meeting 07/08

["Sorin Faibish" <sfaibish@emc.com>]

On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:09:17 -0400, Trond Myklebust =20
<trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> wrote:

> Hi Sorin,
>
> I'm getting a 'There are no rooms available for the dates you specifi=
ed'
> reply when I try to book for the dates 10/4 to 10/8 using the link yo=
u
> provided on the web page below. Should I be using a special booking
> code?
Yes. The person I mentioned is in vacation this week and probably not a=
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the
arrangements were made. Try again on next Monday. Sorry about this I fo=
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out
too late after I posted the page.

>
> Cheers
>   Trond
>
> On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 22:36 -0400, sfaibish wrote:
>> I posted a preliminary web page announcement for the Fall Bake-a-Tho=
n in
>> Boston
>> on CITI website:
>>
>>   http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/citi_bakeathon/15th_nfsv4=
_bakeathon.html
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:45:58 -0400, J. Bruce Fields =20
>> <bfields@fieldses.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Also I'd like to hand off running and taking notes on this meeting=
 to
>> > someone else for a while.  (Benny, maybe?)  Or we can go back to =20
>> making
>> > the meeting more informal if that's preferred.
>> >
>> > --b.
>> >
>> > 1. upstream status/merge plans (trond, bfields)
>> > 	- upstream at 2.6.35-rc4.
>> > 	- server side: some bugfixes merged to callback code; allocation
>> > 	  failures changed to return DELAY.
>> > 	- discussion of error return on client callback-parsing error.
>> > 	- trond: everything from before bakeathon is in nfs-2.6.36
>> > 	  branch or upstream.  Also some file locking bugfixes
>> > 	  (bugzilla.kernel.org #14501).  Also sending release_lockowner
>> > 	  more often to keep server resources down.
>> >
>> > 2. State of pNFS tree (bhalevy)
>> > 	- working on patches from boaz and andy for release branch.
>> > 	  Anyone else have big pending patchsets?
>> > 		- Jim is getting complex-volume block patches tested,
>> > 		  will send them out soon.
>> > 		- Fred has some pending stuff ("minor cleanup")
>> > 	- next week would like to start cleaning up and squashing
>> > 	  together patches.  Also will truncate some of the history.
>> >
>> > 3. Client
>> > 	3.1. Client pNFS status
>> > 		- Andy needs to look at state reclaim stuff?
>> > 		- Andy still wondering what to do with the nfs inode
>> > 		  layout pointer.  What's the lifetime of the thing that
>> > 		  points to?
>> > 	3.2. Client state management design documentation (trond)
>> > 		- Also, on docs: Andy will check that wiki docs are
>> > 		  uptodate.  And will do some more documentation of
>> > 		  refcnts, as will Fred.
>> >
>> > 4. Server
>> > 	4.1. Todo's for minimal 4.1 server (bfields)
>> > 		- still working on callback changes.  Trond notes
>> > 		  ongoing rpc code improvements may allow us to do much
>> > 		  of this by keeping a single client and modifying its
>> > 		  transports, in which case I may be able to replace my
>> > 		  callbacks with single rpc tasks.
>> > 		- also fixing 4.0/4.1 bug that prevents exclusive locks
>> > 		  on upgraded open.
>> > 	4.2. pnfs
>> > 		- pnfs/gfs2
>> > 			- I'll ask Eric for a report on gfs2 bakeathon
>> > 			  testing.
>> > 		- exofs
>> > 			- I'll ask Brian about citi exofs setup status.
>> >
>> > 5. boston bakeathon
>> > 	- October 4-8.
>> > 	- Details are finalized, to be posted soon.
>> > 	- If your company will be bringing large equipment, let Sorin
>> > 	  know.
>> > 	- If anyone would be interested in sponsoring a reception or
>> > 	  other addition to the bakeathon, contact Sorin.  (Or if you
>> > 	  know who at your company would handle such a thing, let Sorin
>> > 	  know.)
>> >
>> > 6. new business
>> > 	- Sorin asked Trond for summary of layout-commit discussion.
>> > 	  Discussion ensued.
>> >
>> > 7. next meeting
>> > 	- next week as usual.
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