> -----Original Message----- > From: tao.peng@xxxxxxx [mailto:tao.peng@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 7:40 AM > To: skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Myklebust, Trond; linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > neilb@xxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > jbottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > devel@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [PATCH 4/5] NFS: remove RPC PipeFS mount point reference > from blocklayout routines > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stanislav Kinsbursky [mailto:skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 8:19 PM > > To: Peng, Tao > > Cc: Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Pavel > > Emelianov; neilb@xxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; James Bottomley; bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx; > > davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] NFS: remove RPC PipeFS mount point reference > > from blocklayout routines > > > > 29.11.2011 16:00, tao.peng@xxxxxxx пишет: > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: linux-nfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >> [mailto:linux-nfs-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > > Stanislav > > >> Kinsbursky > > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 6:11 PM > > >> To: Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx > > >> Cc: linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; neilb@xxxxxxx; > > >> netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > >> jbottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx; > > >> davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx > > >> Subject: [PATCH 4/5] NFS: remove RPC PipeFS mount point reference > > >> from blocklayout routines > > >> > > >> This is a cleanup patch. We don't need this reference anymore, > > >> because blocklayout pipes dentries now creates and destroys in > > >> per-net operations and on PipeFS mount/umount notification. > > >> Note that nfs4blocklayout_register_net() now returns 0 instead of > > >> -ENOENT in case of PipeFS superblock absence. This is ok, because > > >> blocklayout pipe dentry will be created on PipeFS mount event. > > > When is the "pipefs mount event" going to happen? When inserting > > > kernel modules or when user issues > > mount command? > > > > > > > When user issues mount command. > > Kernel mounts of PipeFS has been removed with all these patch sets > > I've sent already. > Then it is going to break blocklayout user space program blkmapd, which is > stared before mounting any file system and it tries to open the pipe file > when started. Why on earth is blkmapd doing this instead of listening for file creation notifications like the other rpc_pipefs daemons do? Trond ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{��w���jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥