Re: NFSv4.1 mandatory locks working in Linux nfsd ?

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On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 4:55 PM Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2024-01-11 at 10:54 -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > On Sun, 2023-12-24 at 18:29 +0100, Roland Mainz wrote:
> > > Are there any known issues with NFSv4.1 mandatory locking nfsd code in
> > > the Linux 5.10.0-22-rt-amd64 kernel (technically the Debian Bullseye
> > > RT kernel) ? Is there any kernel or NFS test suite module which covers
> > > NFSv4.1 client mandatory locking ?
> >
> > Linux doesn't support mandatory locking at all since 2021 [1]. The Linux
> > NFS client and server therefore do not support v4.1 mandatory locking.
>
> Forgot the footnote!
>
> [1]: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20210820114046.69282-1-jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx/

OK, this is pretty bad in terms of interoperability.... ;-(

What should a Windows NFSv4 client (Hummingbird, OpenText, Exceed,
ms-nfs41-client, ...) do in this case ?
It basically means that locking for these clients will fail if the
server does not support it... ;-(

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