Re: [GIT PULL] Ceph updates for 3.8

From: J. Bruce Fields
Date: Fri Dec 21 2012 - 13:54:57 EST


On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 01:29:49PM -0800, Sage Weil wrote:
> Hi Linus,
>
> Please pull the following Ceph updates for 3.8 from
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client.git for-linus
>
> There's a trivial conflict in net/ceph/osd_client.c dealing with rbtree
> node initialization; the resolution is to keep the RB_CLEAR_NODE() call
> (see 4c199a93 for the conflicting commit).
>
> There are a few different groups of commits here. The largest is Alex's
> ongoing work to enable the coming RBD features (cloning, striping).
> There is some cleanup in libceph that goes along with it. Cyril and David
> have fixed some problems with NFS reexport (leaking dentries and page
> locks),

Just out of curiosity--what's the state of NFS exports now?

I seem to recall initially it was sort-of supported by filehandle
lookups didn't really work reliably?

--b.

> and there is a batch of patches from Yan fixing problems with the
> fs client when running against a clustered MDS. There are a few bug fixes
> mixed in for good measure, many of which will be going to the stable trees
> once they're upstream.
>
> My apologies for the late pull. There is still a gremlin in the rbd
> map/unmap code and I was hoping to include the fix for that as well, but
> we haven't been able to confirm the fix is correct yet; I'll send that in
> a separate pull once it's nailed down.
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