Re: [PATCH v3 03/25] NFS41: Let layoutcommit handle multiple segments

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On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 13:05 -0700, Boaz Harrosh wrote: 
> On 07/27/2011 11:40 AM, Jim Rees wrote:
> > From: Peng Tao <bergwolf@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Some layout drivers like block will have multiple segments.  Generic code
> > should be able to handle it.  Layoutcommit takes a list of segments and last
> > write offset is saved at inode level.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <peng_tao@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Trond Hi
> 
> Could you please add this patch to the current Merge window? And also include
> 
> CC: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Nope.

Firstly it exacerbates an existing bug in the current code (see my
comments).

Secondly, it does several things at once (adding multiple segment
handling, fixing last-byte handling in layoutcommit and credential
handling). Which of these features are actually needed for stable?

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx
www.netapp.com

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