Re: OFD ("file private") locks and NFS

2014-04-29 Thread Matt W. Benjamin
Hi Jeff, Something which came up on the last Ganesha conn call is that we have a pretty strong need for some ability to wait on a set of locks, and perhaps receive events. Frank Filz believed that you had made a proposal which would cover this. Can you elaborate on that? Thanks, Matt -

Re: OFD (file private) locks and NFS

2014-04-29 Thread Matt W. Benjamin
Hi Jeff, Something which came up on the last Ganesha conn call is that we have a pretty strong need for some ability to wait on a set of locks, and perhaps receive events. Frank Filz believed that you had made a proposal which would cover this. Can you elaborate on that? Thanks, Matt -

Re: [PATCH] NFSv4: Use exponential backoff delay for Ni

2013-04-25 Thread Matt W. Benjamin
Hi, Just to clarify, the IBM delay behavior is not legal? Matt - "Trond Myklebust" wrote: > > OK, then. Now all I need is actual motivation for changing the > existing > code other than handwaving arguments about "polling is better than > flat > waits". > What actual use cases are

Re: [PATCH] NFSv4: Use exponential backoff delay for Ni

2013-04-25 Thread Matt W. Benjamin
Hi, Just to clarify, the IBM delay behavior is not legal? Matt - Trond Myklebust trond.mykleb...@netapp.com wrote: OK, then. Now all I need is actual motivation for changing the existing code other than handwaving arguments about polling is better than flat waits. What actual use