>
> My problems are with kernel NFS server. Is it correct that the nsfd-2.2.7-1
> patch from knfsd-1.3 is required for the kernel nfs server to function
> correctly? It turns out that both H. J. Lu's patch and Trond's patch fiddle
> with the file fs/nfs/dir.c. In particular, the exact diff in
> nfsd-2.2.7-1.patch:
>
> diff -upr --new-file ../../../import/kernel/linux/fs/nfs/dir.c linux/fs/nfs/dir.c
> if (old_dentry->d_count > 1) {
> nfs_wb_all(old_inode);
> - shrink_dcache_parent(old_dentry);
> +/* shrink_dcache_parent(old_dentry); FIXME */
> }
> + goto do_rename;
>
> Since the label 'do_rename' is removed by Trond's patches, the kernel won't
> compile with both sets of patches installed.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1) is the nfsd-2.2.7-1 patch required for a linux-2.2.7 system that is
> expected to serve NFS volumes to a cluster of computers running
> a mixture of solaris/sunos/linux-2.0/linux-2.2?
knfsd should not be touching the NFSv3 client. Any parts which do,
can and should be removed.
Cheers,
Trond
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