Re: [PATCH RFC v0 05/49] pnfsd: introduce pnfsd header files

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On 2013-10-03 17:24, Ric Wheeler wrote:
> On 10/03/2013 10:21 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 05:19:31PM +0300, Benny Halevy wrote:
>>> The question is what is the minimum value for submitting upstream...
>>>
>>> The thing pnfs over dlm/gfs2 is missing mostly is supporting read/write layout.
>>> One could use them load balancing, e.g. by either redirecting to a node
>>> holding an exclusive lock on the file, if there is one, or dlm_ino_hash in its absence.
>> One could do a lot of things, especially given infinite time.  But what
>> does the current code buy us?  We need data on that to justify merging
>> such a large chunk of code.
>>
> 
> I think that we can help figure out how to get something reasonably useful ready 
> for upstream, just need to get some people spun up to help test out some of 
> these ideas...

That would be very helpful.  Much appreciated!

Benny

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> ric
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