Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-11 Thread Rik Theys
Hi, On 05/10/2012 05:08 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: I looked at the 2.6.32-44 kernel source to see if the simple fix Trond suggested can be applied there as well, but I fail to find the context where the extra line could be needed. Here's a patch to try against 2.6.32.y. Hope that helps, Jona

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-11 Thread Rik Theys
Hi, On 05/10/2012 02:56 PM, Rik Theys wrote: So, the "Save owner/group name string" is the most efficient way of ensuring that the open works as expected, and it should be a fairly self-contained patch. There is an alternative solution, which is much shorter (and therefore appropriate for stabl

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Rik, Rik Theys wrote: > I looked at the 2.6.32-44 kernel source to see if the simple fix > Trond suggested can be applied there as well, but I fail to find the > context where the extra line could be needed. Here's a patch to try against 2.6.32.y. Hope that helps, Jonathan fs/nfs/nfs4proc.

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-10 Thread Rik Theys
Hi, On 05/09/2012 04:34 PM, Myklebust, Trond wrote: Can you please comment on wether additional fixes and/or dependencies are needed to backport the patch below to the Debian 3.2 kernel? So, the "Save owner/group name string" is the most efficient way of ensuring that the open works as expect

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-09 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Myklebust, Trond wrote: > So, the "Save owner/group name string" is the most efficient way of > ensuring that the open works as expected, and it should be a fairly > self-contained patch. > > There is an alternative solution, which is much shorter (and therefore > appropriate for stable kernels).

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-09 Thread Myklebust, Trond
On Tue, 2012-05-08 at 21:16 +0200, Rik Theys wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, 8 May 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > >> Hi Trond, > >> > >> Can you please comment on wether additional fixes and/or > >> dependencies are needed to backport the patch below to the Debian > >> 3.2 kernel? > >> > >> The Debian ke

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Rik Theys wrote: >> [21:08] I don't see any reply from Trond >> [21:09] and I really do want to see that > > Ah, sounds like I misremembered the status. Thanks for clarifying. > > I do think that it would be nice to have a way to vet patches that > does not involve wait

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Rik Theys wrote: > I asked Ben on IRC and he's still waiting on feedback from Trond first: > > [21:04] bwh: regarding bug 659111, Jonathan commented that "everything >is in order". Did I miss a reply from Trond? Will the patch be >applied to a future kernel update?

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-08 Thread Rik Theys
Hi, On Tue, 8 May 2012, Jonathan Nieder wrote: Hi Trond, Can you please comment on wether additional fixes and/or dependencies are needed to backport the patch below to the Debian 3.2 kernel? The Debian kernel maintainers would prefer some feedback before applying the fix to their 3.2 kernel.

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-08 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi Rik, Rik Theys wrote: > Hi Trond, > > Can you please comment on wether additional fixes and/or > dependencies are needed to backport the patch below to the Debian > 3.2 kernel? > > The Debian kernel maintainers would prefer some feedback before > applying the fix to their 3.2 kernel. No, the

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-05-08 Thread Rik Theys
Hi Trond, Can you please comment on wether additional fixes and/or dependencies are needed to backport the patch below to the Debian 3.2 kernel? The Debian kernel maintainers would prefer some feedback before applying the fix to their 3.2 kernel. Regards, Rik On 04/25/2012 03:14 AM, Ben H

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-04-25 Thread Rik Theys
Hi, On 04/25/2012 03:14 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 22:04 +0200, Rik Theys wrote: Hi, I'm experiencing the bug described in the Debian[1] and Red Hat[2] bug tracker. This bug seems to have been fixed in the 3.3 kernel with your commit 6926afd1925a54a13684ebe05987868890665e2

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-04-24 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 22:04 +0200, Rik Theys wrote: > Hi, > > I'm experiencing the bug described in the Debian[1] and Red Hat[2] bug > tracker. > > This bug seems to have been fixed in the 3.3 kernel with your commit > 6926afd1925a54a13684ebe05987868890665e2b: > > From: Trond Myklebust > Date

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-04-24 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Greg KH wrote: > This patch seems to violate Documentatin/stable_kernel_rules.txt, > doesn't it? If I remember correctly, it's possible to get it to about 300 lines with context by backing out the internal API change and keeping an extra, ignored argument to decode_getfattr() and decode_getfattr_

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-04-24 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:04:50PM +0200, Rik Theys wrote: > Hi, > > I'm experiencing the bug described in the Debian[1] and Red Hat[2] bug > tracker. > > This bug seems to have been fixed in the 3.3 kernel with your commit > 6926afd1925a54a13684ebe05987868890665e2b: > > From: Trond Myklebust

Bug#659111: Regarding NFSv4: Save the owner/group name string when doing open

2012-04-24 Thread Rik Theys
Hi, I'm experiencing the bug described in the Debian[1] and Red Hat[2] bug tracker. This bug seems to have been fixed in the 3.3 kernel with your commit 6926afd1925a54a13684ebe05987868890665e2b: From: Trond Myklebust Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:22:46 -0500 Subject: NFSv4: Save the owner/group n