Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] nfs-utils: Improving NFS re-exports

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Bruce,

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> Von: "bfields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 02:15:25PM +0100, Richard Weinberger wrote:
>> This is the second iteration of the NFS re-export improvement series for
>> nfs-utils.
>> While the kernel side didn't change at all and is still small,
>> the userspace side saw much more changes.
>> Please note that this is still an RFC, there is room for improvement.
>> 
>> The core idea is adding new export option: reeport=
>> Using reexport= it is possible to mark an export entry in the exports file
>> explicitly as NFS re-export and select a strategy how unique identifiers
>> should be provided.
>> "remote-devfsid" is the strategy I have proposed in my first patch,
>> I understand that this one is dangerous. But I still find it useful in some
>> situations.
>> "auto-fsidnum" and "predefined-fsidnum" are new and use a SQLite database as
>> backend to keep track of generated ids.
>> For a more detailed description see patch "exports: Implement new export option
>> reexport=".
> 
> Thanks, I'll try to take a look.

Did you find some cycles to think about which approach you prefer?

Thanks,
//richard



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