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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 10:43:34 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 10:43:34 -0800
commit37c24b37fb2454e95136139d10bb6828967105bf (patch)
treed5c3fa61fa689567caeb2a7cb5891473e444ff7d /Documentation/filesystems
parent5ac4d630eb87656bd4dc313b910776d54d88ea28 (diff)
parent7663dacd926584093dfc350892792054692b6cb3 (diff)
Merge branch 'for-2.6.33' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux
* 'for-2.6.33' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux: (42 commits) nfsd: remove pointless paths in file headers nfsd: move most of nfsfh.h to fs/nfsd nfsd: remove unused field rq_reffh nfsd: enable V4ROOT exports nfsd: make V4ROOT exports read-only nfsd: restrict filehandles accepted in V4ROOT case nfsd: allow exports of symlinks nfsd: filter readdir results in V4ROOT case nfsd: filter lookup results in V4ROOT case nfsd4: don't continue "under" mounts in V4ROOT case nfsd: introduce export flag for v4 pseudoroot nfsd: let "insecure" flag vary by pseudoflavor nfsd: new interface to advertise export features nfsd: Move private headers to source directory vfs: nfsctl.c un-used nfsd #includes lockd: Remove un-used nfsd headers #includes s390: remove un-used nfsd #includes sparc: remove un-used nfsd #includes parsic: remove un-used nfsd #includes compat.c: Remove dependence on nfsd private headers ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX16
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/Exporting)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/knfsd-stats.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/knfsd-stats.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs41-server.txt)9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/rpc-cache.txt (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/rpc-cache.txt)0
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/porting2
10 files changed, 27 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
index 7001782ab93..875d49696b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
00-INDEX
- this file (info on some of the filesystems supported by linux).
-Exporting
- - explanation of how to make filesystems exportable.
Locking
- info on locking rules as they pertain to Linux VFS.
9p.txt
@@ -68,12 +66,8 @@ mandatory-locking.txt
- info on the Linux implementation of Sys V mandatory file locking.
ncpfs.txt
- info on Novell Netware(tm) filesystem using NCP protocol.
-nfs41-server.txt
- - info on the Linux server implementation of NFSv4 minor version 1.
-nfs-rdma.txt
- - how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client and server software.
-nfsroot.txt
- - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
+nfs/
+ - nfs-related documentation.
nilfs2.txt
- info and mount options for the NILFS2 filesystem.
ntfs.txt
@@ -92,8 +86,6 @@ relay.txt
- info on relay, for efficient streaming from kernel to user space.
romfs.txt
- description of the ROMFS filesystem.
-rpc-cache.txt
- - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
seq_file.txt
- how to use the seq_file API
sharedsubtree.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f68cd68876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/00-INDEX
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+00-INDEX
+ - this file (nfs-related documentation).
+Exporting
+ - explanation of how to make filesystems exportable.
+knfsd-stats.txt
+ - statistics which the NFS server makes available to user space.
+nfs.txt
+ - nfs client, and DNS resolution for fs_locations.
+nfs41-server.txt
+ - info on the Linux server implementation of NFSv4 minor version 1.
+nfs-rdma.txt
+ - how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client and server software
+nfsroot.txt
+ - short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
+rpc-cache.txt
+ - introduction to the caching mechanisms in the sunrpc layer.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Exporting b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting
index 87019d2b598..87019d2b598 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Exporting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/knfsd-stats.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/knfsd-stats.txt
index 64ced5149d3..64ced5149d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/knfsd-stats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/knfsd-stats.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
index e386f7e4bce..e386f7e4bce 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs-rdma.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
index f50f26ce6cd..f50f26ce6cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs41-server.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
index 5920fe26e6f..1bd0d0c0517 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs41-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ interoperability problems with future clients. Known issues:
conformant with the spec (for example, we don't use kerberos
on the backchannel correctly).
- no trunking support: no clients currently take advantage of
- trunking, but this is a mandatory failure, and its use is
+ trunking, but this is a mandatory feature, and its use is
recommended to clients in a number of places. (E.g. to ensure
timely renewal in case an existing connection's retry timeouts
have gotten too long; see section 8.3 of the draft.)
@@ -213,3 +213,10 @@ The following cases aren't supported yet:
DESTROY_CLIENTID, DESTROY_SESSION, EXCHANGE_ID.
* DESTROY_SESSION MUST be the final operation in the COMPOUND request.
+Nonstandard compound limitations:
+* No support for a sessions fore channel RPC compound that requires both a
+ ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may
+ fail to live up to the promise we made in CREATE_SESSION fore channel
+ negotiation.
+* No more than one IO operation (read, write, readdir) allowed per
+ compound.
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
index 3ba0b945aaf..3ba0b945aaf 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/rpc-cache.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/rpc-cache.txt
index 8a382bea680..8a382bea680 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/rpc-cache.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/rpc-cache.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
index 92b888d540a..a7e9746ee7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Callers of notify_change() need ->i_mutex now.
New super_block field "struct export_operations *s_export_op" for
explicit support for exporting, e.g. via NFS. The structure is fully
documented at its declaration in include/linux/fs.h, and in
-Documentation/filesystems/Exporting.
+Documentation/filesystems/nfs/Exporting.
Briefly it allows for the definition of decode_fh and encode_fh operations
to encode and decode filehandles, and allows the filesystem to use