On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 13:16 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 02:45:56PM +0800, Fu Liankun wrote: > > The RFC3530 describes that the client's all lock operations, including those > > requesting non-exclusive locks, should be sent to the server for resolution, > > even if it holds a read open delegation. But the kernel implements like that > > lock operations can be performed locally when a client holds an open > > delegation. > > > > The following are the RFC3530 provisions for Open Delegation and File Locks: > > > > 9.4.2. Open Delegation and File Locks > > > > When a client holds a write open delegation, lock operations may be > > performed locally. This includes those required for mandatory file > > locking. This can be done since the delegation implies that there > > can be no conflicting locks. Similarly, all of the revalidations > > that would normally be associated with obtaining locks and the > > flushing of data associated with the releasing of locks need not be > > done. > > > > When a client holds a read open delegation, lock operations are not > > performed locally. All lock operations, including those requesting > > non-exclusive locks, are sent to the server for resolution. > > Weird. Can the rfc really be right about that? > > I guess it does permit servers to allow write-locks on read-open files, > but it seems bizarre not to require them to break delegations in that > case. The ability to cache locks is one of the main reasons for holding delegations in the first place. Sure, the spec allows for non-posix locking, but the Linux client doesn't. IOW: This patch will not be applied. Trond > --b. > > > > > Signed-off-by: Fu Liankun <fuliankun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 7 ------- > > 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c > > index 0f24cdf..3bba85b 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c > > +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c > > @@ -4215,13 +4215,6 @@ static int _nfs4_proc_setlk(struct nfs4_state *state, int cmd, struct file_lock > > if (status < 0) > > goto out; > > down_read(&nfsi->rwsem); > > - if (test_bit(NFS_DELEGATED_STATE, &state->flags)) { > > - /* Yes: cache locks! */ > > - /* ...but avoid races with delegation recall... */ > > - request->fl_flags = fl_flags & ~FL_SLEEP; > > - status = do_vfs_lock(request->fl_file, request); > > - goto out_unlock; > > - } > > status = _nfs4_do_setlk(state, cmd, request, NFS_LOCK_NEW); > > if (status != 0) > > goto out_unlock; > > -- > > 1.7.3.1 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer NetApp Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx www.netapp.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html