On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 06:59:45AM -0700, Chuck Lever wrote: > > > On Sep 15, 2017, at 6:31 AM, J . Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 02:12:24PM +0100, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 01:37:30PM -0400, J . Bruce Fields wrote: > >>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:55:51AM -0400, Steve Dickson wrote: > >>>> On 09/14/2017 11:39 AM, Steve Dickson wrote: > >>>>> Hello > >>>>> > >>>>> On 09/13/2017 06:26 AM, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > >>>>>> v3: > >>>>>> * Documented vsock syntax in exports.man, nfs.man, and nfsd.man > >>>>>> * Added clientaddr autodetection in mount.nfs(8) > >>>>>> * Replaced #ifdefs with a single vsock.h header file > >>>>>> * Tested nfsd serving both IPv4 and vsock at the same time > >>>>> Just curious as to the status of the kernel patches... Are > >>>>> they slated for any particular release? > >>>> Maybe I should have read the thread before replying ;-) > >>>> > >>>> I now see the status of the patches... not good! 8-) > >>> > >>> To be specific, the code itself is probably fine, it's just that nobody > >>> on the NFS side seems convinced that NFS/VSOCK is necessary. > >> > >> Yes, the big question is whether the Linux NFS maintainers can see this > >> feature being merged. It allows host<->guest file sharing in a way that > >> management tools can automate. > >> > >> I have gotten feedback multiple times that NFS over TCP/IP is not an > >> option for management tools like libvirt to automate. > > > > We're having trouble understanding why this is. > > I'm also having trouble understanding why NFS is a better solution > in this case than a virtual disk, which does not require any net- > working to be configured. What exactly is expected to be shared > between the hypervisor and each guest? They have said before there are uses for storage that's actually shared. (And I assume it would be mainly shared between guests rather than between guest and hypervisor?) > I do understand the use cases for a full-featured NFS server in > the hypervisor, but not why it needs to be zero-config. "It" in that question refers to the client, not the server, right? --b. -- 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
