On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 10:01 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 07:22:34PM -0700, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > > On 06/23/2011 01:30 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 04:11:17PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > >> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:06:14PM +0200, Tigran Mkrtchyan wrote: > > >>> I recall a discussion at connectaton 2010, where Peter Staubach from > > >>> RedHat ( at that time ) > > >>> requested a way to disable pNFS without rebuilding the kernel. > > >>> > > >>> Probably that's why autoload is not implemented. > > >> > > >> Well, autoload *is* implemented, you just have to add an alias command > > >> to modprobe.conf before it'll work. > > >> > > >> And if we embed the alias in the module instead, it will still be > > >> possible to disable autloading by adding a "backlist <modulename>" to > > >> modproble.conf. > > >> > > >> So I don't *think* that's the issue, unless I've missed something. > > > > > > So can we just do this? (Untested.) > > > > > > --b. > > > > > > commit 8b3065071b5469c428d70052c80f1df3cb398da6 > > > Author: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Date: Thu Jun 23 16:15:39 2011 -0400 > > > > > > pnfs: simplify pnfs files module autoloading > > > > > > Embed the necessary alias into the module rather than waiting for > > > someone to add it to /etc/modprobe.conf > > > > > > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c > > > index 4269088..eb65f82 100644 > > > --- a/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c > > > +++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4filelayout.c > > > @@ -896,5 +896,7 @@ static void __exit nfs4filelayout_exit(void) > > > pnfs_unregister_layoutdriver(&filelayout_type); > > > } > > > > > > +MODULE_ALIAS("nfs-layouttype4-1"); > > > + > > > module_init(nfs4filelayout_init); > > > module_exit(nfs4filelayout_exit); > > diff --git a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c > > index 70272d5..dd6a453 100644 > > --- a/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c > > +++ b/fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c > > @@ -1065,5 +1065,7 @@ objlayout_exit(void) > > __func__); > > } > > > > +MODULE_ALIAS("nfs-layouttype4-2"); > > + > > module_init(objlayout_init); > > module_exit(objlayout_exit); > > --- > > > > nfs-layouttype4-1 > > nfs-layouttype4-2 > > ... > > > > Can we use a name here or it must be the number? > > Looks like it needs a number; see the request_module() call in > set_pnfs_layoutdriver: > > request_module("%s-%u", LAYOUT_NFSV4_1_MODULE_PREFIX, id); The title of the thread is "autoload rpcsec_gss_krb5", but the above patch only deals with layouts. Now I'm all confused... -- 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