Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:12:02 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu>, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, Jonathon McKitrick <j_mckitrick@usa.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux comments Message-ID: <20000218111202.O21720@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200002181724.KAA02756@usr06.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 05:24:01PM %2B0000 References: <20000217160350.B2343@orion.ac.hmc.edu> <200002181724.KAA02756@usr06.primenet.com>
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* Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> [000218 09:59] wrote: > > > last I checked, although Matt had fixed the NFS itself, we still > > > didn't have a functional lockd, so I'm not sure we should be casting > > > stones on this. > > > > We've got one in development though (see recent posts by David Cross) and > > the reset of the implementation is actually stable thanks to all of > > Matt's work. There's obviously work left to do, but we certaintly don't > > have much to be ashamed of in this catagory. > > > It is my understanding that this is server locking code only, and > may still have some issues with the POSIX locking semantics. > > The client locking code requires a reorganization of the VOP_ADVLOCK > code, if it is ever to work with layering. > > Which reminds me that I need to send mail off to the IETF NFSv4 > working group to include delayed coelescing in the next RFC draft, > or stacking layers will never work with more that one instance of > an NFS file system... Please do! I really don't want another couple of years to go by with a broken standard, don't forget to explain to them that to really get it right (in your own words) you do need the two pass locking, not the downward reserve/ upward commit method though. thanks, -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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