[pnfs] 19 questions

[William A. (Andy) Adamson]

On 2/4/08, Dean Hildebrand <seattleplus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Some questions about draft 19 (not 19 questions):
>
> 1) On the server I need the superblock so I can call the getdeviceinfo
> export operation.


why? the deviceid space is global.

-->Andy

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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