Re: [PATCH v6 00/17] vfs: recall-only directory delegations for knfsd

Christian Brauner
2025-11-12T09:01:12Z

On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:12:41 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Behold, another version of the directory delegation patchset. This
> version contains support for recall-only delegations. Support for
> CB_NOTIFY will be forthcoming (once the client-side patches have caught
> up).
>
> The main changes here are in response to Jan's comments. I also changed
> struct delegation use to fixed-with integer types.
>
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.19.directory.delegations branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.19.directory.delegations branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.19.directory.delegations

[01/17] filelock: make lease_alloc() take a flags argument
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/6fc5f2b19e75
[02/17] filelock: rework the __break_lease API to use flags
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4be9f3cc582a
[03/17] filelock: add struct delegated_inode
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/6976ed2dd0d5
[04/17] filelock: push the S_ISREG check down to ->setlease handlers
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/e6d28ebc17eb
[05/17] vfs: add try_break_deleg calls for parents to vfs_{link,rename,unlink}
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/b46ebf9a768d
[06/17] vfs: allow mkdir to wait for delegation break on parent
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/e12d203b8c88
[07/17] vfs: allow rmdir to wait for delegation break on parent
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4fa76319cd0c
[08/17] vfs: break parent dir delegations in open(..., O_CREAT) codepath
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/134796f43a5e
[09/17] vfs: clean up argument list for vfs_create()
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/85bbffcad730
[10/17] vfs: make vfs_create break delegations on parent directory
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/c826229c6a82
[11/17] vfs: make vfs_mknod break delegations on parent directory
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/e8960c1b2ee9
[12/17] vfs: make vfs_symlink break delegations on parent dir
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/92bf53577f01
[13/17] filelock: lift the ban on directory leases in generic_setlease
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/d0eab9fc1047
[14/17] nfsd: allow filecache to hold S_IFDIR files
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/544a0ee152f0
[15/17] nfsd: allow DELEGRETURN on directories
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/80c8afddc8b1
[16/17] nfsd: wire up GET_DIR_DELEGATION handling
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/8b99f6a8c116
[17/17] vfs: expose delegation support to userland