Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:39:57 +0200 From: Konstantin Belousov <kib@freebsd.org> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r318736 - in head: cddl/lib/libzfs contrib/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common contrib/openbsm/libbsm include lib/libarchive lib/libc/gen lib/libc/include lib/libc/sys lib/libkvm lib/libmi... Message-ID: <20190312223957.GY2492@kib.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2i9uW2NGJ42nA8vHKBJd-bo%2BJ9XWRed_CCF1LCDxEVW7Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <201705230929.v4N9T5g1028124@repo.freebsd.org> <CAOtMX2j7tmHyQGRV5vxaVSy6ZMA6zUSUZnfgY6wDM6N9cVOJ%2BQ@mail.gmail.com> <20190312222035.GX2492@kib.kiev.ua> <CAOtMX2i9uW2NGJ42nA8vHKBJd-bo%2BJ9XWRed_CCF1LCDxEVW7Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 04:22:35PM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 4:20 PM Konstantin Belousov <kib@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 03:58:31PM -0600, Alan Somers wrote: > > > On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 3:29 AM Konstantin Belousov <kib@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > Author: kib > > > > Date: Tue May 23 09:29:05 2017 > > > > New Revision: 318736 > > > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318736 > > > > > > > > Log: > > > > Commit the 64-bit inode project. > > > > > > > > Extend the ino_t, dev_t, nlink_t types to 64-bit ints. Modify > > > > struct dirent layout to add d_off, increase the size of d_fileno > > > > to 64-bits, increase the size of d_namlen to 16-bits, and change > > > > the required alignment. Increase struct statfs f_mntfromname[] and > > > > f_mntonname[] array length MNAMELEN to 1024. > > > > > > > > ABI breakage is mitigated by providing compatibility using versioned > > > > symbols, ingenious use of the existing padding in structures, and > > > > by employing other tricks. Unfortunately, not everything can be > > > > fixed, especially outside the base system. For instance, third-party > > > > APIs which pass struct stat around are broken in backward and > > > > forward incompatible ways. > > > > > > > > Kinfo sysctl MIBs ABI is changed in backward-compatible way, but > > > > there is no general mechanism to handle other sysctl MIBS which > > > > return structures where the layout has changed. It was considered > > > > that the breakage is either in the management interfaces, where we > > > > usually allow ABI slip, or is not important. > > > > > > > > Struct xvnode changed layout, no compat shims are provided. > > > > > > > > For struct xtty, dev_t tty device member was reduced to uint32_t. > > > > It was decided that keeping ABI compat in this case is more useful > > > > than reporting 64-bit dev_t, for the sake of pstat. > > > > > > > > Update note: strictly follow the instructions in UPDATING. Build > > > > and install the new kernel with COMPAT_FREEBSD11 option enabled, > > > > then reboot, and only then install new world. > > > > > > > > Credits: The 64-bit inode project, also known as ino64, started life > > > > many years ago as a project by Gleb Kurtsou (gleb). Kirk McKusick > > > > (mckusick) then picked up and updated the patch, and acted as a > > > > flag-waver. Feedback, suggestions, and discussions were carried > > > > by Ed Maste (emaste), John Baldwin (jhb), Jilles Tjoelker (jilles), > > > > and Rick Macklem (rmacklem). Kris Moore (kris) performed an initial > > > > ports investigation followed by an exp-run by Antoine Brodin (antoine). > > > > Essential and all-embracing testing was done by Peter Holm (pho). > > > > The heavy lifting of coordinating all these efforts and bringing the > > > > project to completion were done by Konstantin Belousov (kib). > > > > > > > > Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation (emaste, kib) > > > > Differential revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10439 > > > > > > What's the purpose of the new dirent.d_off field? I can't find any > > > code that uses it. > > It is supposed to help NFS server. They are supposed to provide directly the > > cookies for nfs readdir call. But it is not required, and corresponding > > code was not committed to FreeBSD fs/nfs yet. > > > > > I'm wondering if the fuse(4) module should set it > > > in order to work properly over NFS, or something. > > > > No, it is not strictly required. OTOH, there is userspace implementation > > of NFS server which seems to make use of it when available. This is why > > r340431 was done. > > Would that be unfs3 or nfs-ganesha? I might add it to my list of stuff to test. ganesha.
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