> On Oct 20, 2021, at 1:24 PM, Steve Dickson <steved@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey! > > On 10/20/21 12:00, Chuck Lever III wrote: >>> On Oct 20, 2021, at 11:54 AM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> knfsd has supported server-to-server copy for a couple years (since >>> 5.5). You have set a module parameter to enable it. I'm getting asked >>> when we could turn that parameter on by default. >>> >>> I've got a couple vague criteria: one just general maturity, the other a >>> security question: >>> >>> 1. General maturity: the only reports I recall seeing are from testers. >>> Is anyone using this? Does it work for them? Do they find a benefit? >>> Maybe we could turn it on by default in one distro (Fedora?) and promote >>> it a little and see what that turns up? > >> But wrt the maturity question, is the work finished? Or, >> perhaps a better question is do we have a minimum viable >> product here that can be enabled, or is more work needed >> to meet even that bar? > I've been testing it and it seems to be pretty solid. Well I was more interested in knowing if the capability is in a state where it is now useful to users rather than just being a prototype for a new protocol element. Along with having tests that QE teams can run, we probably also need to know whether there is adequate documentation. -- Chuck Lever
