On Wed, Dec 19, 2007 at 08:15:43PM +0100, Tomasz Kłoczko wrote: > On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Jeff Layton wrote: > >> This is the third patchset to fix the use-after-free problem in lockd, >> and to convert lockd to use the kthread API instead of kernel_thread. >> The main change from the last patchset is the elimination of the >> svc_create_kthread helper function, and having lockd_up call kthread_run >> directly. I've also made some changes to the function prototype for >> the lockd function to eliminate the need for casting the function >> pointer. > > BTW kernel, NFS and lockd: SuSE kernel IIRC is distributed with patch which > adds kernel-based status monitor (statd). > > Q to NFS people: any plans about merge this in main kernel tree ?
No. There was opposition to the idea. I can't remember the argument, though, and a quick google search isn't turning it up. > And another question related to NFS: any progress on add clear NFS > statistics in kernel (nfsstat -z) ? No. We do have some patches that add roughly equivalent functionality in userspace. --b. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
