NFS client patches for Linux 2.4.4

linux-2.4.4-dir.dif:

An experimental patch for fixing a problem that is due to NFSv(2|3) readdir returning (32|64) bit unsigned offsets.

If you are seeing problems involving files that mysteriously disappear from your directory listings, then please consider applying this patch.

NOTE: this patch should no longer require any extra patching to glibc.

linux-2.4.4-mmap.dif:

A patch by Andrea Arcangeli and myself to fix up a problem with munmap() failing to synchronize the file to the server. This patch also forces mmap() to sync to disk when locking/unlocking a file.

linux-2.4.4-cto.dif:

A patch by Chuck Lever which improves the NFS clients ability to cache lookups. This can make quite a difference to the performance of "make" and other such utilities.

linux-2.4.4-write_inode.dif:

A patch that makes the 'sync()' system call work on NFS. It also converts NFS to use the generic 2.4.x interface for O_SYNC files.

linux-2.4.4-fh_align.dif:

A patch for fixing the NFS file handle structure alignment problem that affect certain RISC architectures. First reported on PPC architectures by Russell King.

patch_hjl_locks.dif:

Fix the generic Linux file locking code to conform more closely to the UNIX 98 specifications. Also fix NLM to accept F_(GETLK|SETLK|SETLKW)64.

This patch was contributed by H.J. Lu.

linux-2.4.4-reclaim.dif:

Fix the NLM lock reclaiming code. If a server goes down, any locks that were held on that machine will be lost. In order to for this, the NLM protocol relies on the 'rpc.statd' program to notify it whenever the server comes up again. At that point, the client has a grace period during which it can reclaim any locks it thinks it is holding.

This code was in large part contributed by the folks of MissionCritical Linux.

linux-2.4.4-rdplus.dif:

Implements the dirent->d_off field in getdents64() by means of the NFSv3 READDIRPLUS function (and further cleans up the readdir code). Assumes that you've previously applied linux-2.4.4-dir.dif

Once `find' and friends learn how to use d_off, this should significantly improve the act of recursing through directories.

This patch assumes you have already applied the cookie fix patch linux-2.4.4-dir.dif.

linux-2.4.4-rpc_smpfixes.dif:

Assorted SMP locking fixes for the SunRPC code. Primarily designed to fix up the TCP code.

linux-2.4.4-ping.dif:

The RPC ping code for improving stability on UDP.

This patch assumes you have already applied the SunRPC SMP fixes linux-2.4.4-rpc_smpfixes.dif.

linux-2.4.4-NFS_ALL.dif:

A patch containing all of the above

	Name	Last modified	Size	Description
	Parent Directory		-
	linux-2.4.4-NFS-all.dif	2001-05-19 16:39	79K
	linux-2.4.4-cto.dif	2001-04-03 21:15	7.4K
	linux-2.4.4-dir.dif	2001-05-10 18:15	5.2K
	linux-2.4.4-fh_align..>	2001-02-09 09:50	8.3K
	linux-2.4.4-mmap.dif	2001-05-19 16:31	5.4K
	linux-2.4.4-ping.dif	2001-01-30 10:35	19K
	linux-2.4.4-rdplus.dif	2001-05-10 18:19	11K
	linux-2.4.4-reclaim.dif	2001-05-06 18:39	7.9K
	linux-2.4.4-refresh.dif	2001-05-19 17:25	2.9K
	linux-2.4.4-rpc_smpf..>	2001-04-20 21:16	15K
	linux-2.4.4-seekdir.dif	2001-05-10 18:15	5.2K
	linux-2.4.4-stale.dif	2001-03-01 09:02	1.7K
	linux-2.4.4-write_in..>	2001-04-03 15:57	2.4K
	patch_hjl_locks.dif	2001-04-18 14:08	4.2K