[pnfs] 19 questions

Dean Hildebrand seattleplus at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 19:11:59 EST 2008


Some questions about draft 19 (not 19 questions):

1) On the server I need the superblock so I can call the getdeviceinfo 
export operation.  The problem is that getdeviceinfo no longer includes 
the current_fh.  Is there a way on the server to get the superblock 
without the filehandle? (maybe using something in the session?)  If not, 
then we will have to encode something in the device id that allows us to 
map to the superblock (is the fsid enough?)  Any ideas?

2) Can getdeviceinfo return a device for the wrong layout type?  It 
seems that getdeviceinfo returns the layout type, which seems a little 
silly to me.  If it should return the layout type, and it doesn't match 
the requesting layout type, what should the client do?

3) In draft-19, should bitmap4 not have <>?
bitmap4<> typedef uint32_t bitmap4<>;
      ^^^^
For reference, in rfc3530 it does not have the <>. (other ops have the 
<> added as well)

Thanks,
Dean


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