Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] vfs: recall-only directory delegations for knfsd
Christian Brauner <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 11:25:35AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > Behold, another version of directory delegations. This version contains > support for recall-only delegations. Support for CB_NOTIFY will be > forthcoming (once the client-side patches have caught up). > > This main differences in this version are bugfixes, but the last patch > adds a more formal API for userland to request a delegation. That > support is optional. We can drop it and the rest of the series should be > fine. > > My main interest in making delegations available to userland is to allow > testing this support without nfsd. I have an xfstest ready to submit for > this if that support looks acceptable. If it is, then I'll also plan to > submit an update for fcntl(2). > > Christian, Chuck mentioned he was fine with you merging the nfsd bits > too, if you're willing to take the whole pile. Absolutely!