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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>2011-07-18 18:40:21 -0400
committerJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>2011-07-18 18:41:33 -0400
commitc46556c6be057da79f51b1a8325ec4c27938bd49 (patch)
tree14cd28c1c2a0917aac4af7c99975c53cfe6dcbd2
parent1091006c5eb15cba56785bd5b498a8d0b9546903 (diff)
nfsd4: update nfsv4.1 implementation notes
Update documentation to reflect recent progress. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt33
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
index 04884914a1c8..092fad92a3f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs41-server.txt
@@ -39,27 +39,17 @@ interoperability problems with future clients. Known issues:
39 from a linux client are possible, but we aren't really 39 from a linux client are possible, but we aren't really
40 conformant with the spec (for example, we don't use kerberos 40 conformant with the spec (for example, we don't use kerberos
41 on the backchannel correctly). 41 on the backchannel correctly).
42 - no trunking support: no clients currently take advantage of
43 trunking, but this is a mandatory feature, and its use is
44 recommended to clients in a number of places. (E.g. to ensure
45 timely renewal in case an existing connection's retry timeouts
46 have gotten too long; see section 8.3 of the RFC.)
47 Therefore, lack of this feature may cause future clients to
48 fail.
49 - Incomplete backchannel support: incomplete backchannel gss 42 - Incomplete backchannel support: incomplete backchannel gss
50 support and no support for BACKCHANNEL_CTL mean that 43 support and no support for BACKCHANNEL_CTL mean that
51 callbacks (hence delegations and layouts) may not be 44 callbacks (hence delegations and layouts) may not be
52 available and clients confused by the incomplete 45 available and clients confused by the incomplete
53 implementation may fail. 46 implementation may fail.
54 - Server reboot recovery is unsupported; if the server reboots,
55 clients may fail.
56 - We do not support SSV, which provides security for shared 47 - We do not support SSV, which provides security for shared
57 client-server state (thus preventing unauthorized tampering 48 client-server state (thus preventing unauthorized tampering
58 with locks and opens, for example). It is mandatory for 49 with locks and opens, for example). It is mandatory for
59 servers to support this, though no clients use it yet. 50 servers to support this, though no clients use it yet.
60 - Mandatory operations which we do not support, such as 51 - Mandatory operations which we do not support, such as
61 DESTROY_CLIENTID, FREE_STATEID, SECINFO_NO_NAME, and 52 DESTROY_CLIENTID, are not currently used by clients, but will be
62 TEST_STATEID, are not currently used by clients, but will be
63 (and the spec recommends their uses in common cases), and 53 (and the spec recommends their uses in common cases), and
64 clients should not be expected to know how to recover from the 54 clients should not be expected to know how to recover from the
65 case where they are not supported. This will eventually cause 55 case where they are not supported. This will eventually cause
@@ -69,8 +59,9 @@ In addition, some limitations are inherited from the current NFSv4
69implementation: 59implementation:
70 60
71 - Incomplete delegation enforcement: if a file is renamed or 61 - Incomplete delegation enforcement: if a file is renamed or
72 unlinked, a client holding a delegation may continue to 62 unlinked by a local process, a client holding a delegation may
73 indefinitely allow opens of the file under the old name. 63 continue to indefinitely allow opens of the file under the old
64 name.
74 65
75The table below, taken from the NFSv4.1 document, lists 66The table below, taken from the NFSv4.1 document, lists
76the operations that are mandatory to implement (REQ), optional 67the operations that are mandatory to implement (REQ), optional
@@ -99,7 +90,7 @@ Operations
99 +----------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+ 90 +----------------------+------------+--------------+----------------+
100 | ACCESS | REQ | | Section 18.1 | 91 | ACCESS | REQ | | Section 18.1 |
101NS | BACKCHANNEL_CTL | REQ | | Section 18.33 | 92NS | BACKCHANNEL_CTL | REQ | | Section 18.33 |
102NS | BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION | REQ | | Section 18.34 | 93I | BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION | REQ | | Section 18.34 |
103 | CLOSE | REQ | | Section 18.2 | 94 | CLOSE | REQ | | Section 18.2 |
104 | COMMIT | REQ | | Section 18.3 | 95 | COMMIT | REQ | | Section 18.3 |
105 | CREATE | REQ | | Section 18.4 | 96 | CREATE | REQ | | Section 18.4 |
@@ -111,7 +102,7 @@ NS*| DELEGPURGE | OPT | FDELG (REQ) | Section 18.5 |
111NS | DESTROY_CLIENTID | REQ | | Section 18.50 | 102NS | DESTROY_CLIENTID | REQ | | Section 18.50 |
112I | DESTROY_SESSION | REQ | | Section 18.37 | 103I | DESTROY_SESSION | REQ | | Section 18.37 |
113I | EXCHANGE_ID | REQ | | Section 18.35 | 104I | EXCHANGE_ID | REQ | | Section 18.35 |
114NS | FREE_STATEID | REQ | | Section 18.38 | 105I | FREE_STATEID | REQ | | Section 18.38 |
115 | GETATTR | REQ | | Section 18.7 | 106 | GETATTR | REQ | | Section 18.7 |
116P | GETDEVICEINFO | OPT | pNFS (REQ) | Section 18.40 | 107P | GETDEVICEINFO | OPT | pNFS (REQ) | Section 18.40 |
117P | GETDEVICELIST | OPT | pNFS (OPT) | Section 18.41 | 108P | GETDEVICELIST | OPT | pNFS (OPT) | Section 18.41 |
@@ -145,14 +136,14 @@ NS*| OPENATTR | OPT | | Section 18.17 |
145 | RESTOREFH | REQ | | Section 18.27 | 136 | RESTOREFH | REQ | | Section 18.27 |
146 | SAVEFH | REQ | | Section 18.28 | 137 | SAVEFH | REQ | | Section 18.28 |
147 | SECINFO | REQ | | Section 18.29 | 138 | SECINFO | REQ | | Section 18.29 |
148NS | SECINFO_NO_NAME | REC | pNFS files | Section 18.45, | 139I | SECINFO_NO_NAME | REC | pNFS files | Section 18.45, |
149 | | | layout (REQ) | Section 13.12 | 140 | | | layout (REQ) | Section 13.12 |
150I | SEQUENCE | REQ | | Section 18.46 | 141I | SEQUENCE | REQ | | Section 18.46 |
151 | SETATTR | REQ | | Section 18.30 | 142 | SETATTR | REQ | | Section 18.30 |
152 | SETCLIENTID | MNI | | N/A | 143 | SETCLIENTID | MNI | | N/A |
153 | SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM | MNI | | N/A | 144 | SETCLIENTID_CONFIRM | MNI | | N/A |
154NS | SET_SSV | REQ | | Section 18.47 | 145NS | SET_SSV | REQ | | Section 18.47 |
155NS | TEST_STATEID | REQ | | Section 18.48 | 146I | TEST_STATEID | REQ | | Section 18.48 |
156 | VERIFY | REQ | | Section 18.31 | 147 | VERIFY | REQ | | Section 18.31 |
157NS*| WANT_DELEGATION | OPT | FDELG (OPT) | Section 18.49 | 148NS*| WANT_DELEGATION | OPT | FDELG (OPT) | Section 18.49 |
158 | WRITE | REQ | | Section 18.32 | 149 | WRITE | REQ | | Section 18.32 |
@@ -206,12 +197,6 @@ CREATE_SESSION:
206SEQUENCE: 197SEQUENCE:
207* no support for dynamic slot table renegotiation (optional) 198* no support for dynamic slot table renegotiation (optional)
208 199
209nfsv4.1 COMPOUND rules:
210The following cases aren't supported yet:
211* Enforcing of NFS4ERR_NOT_ONLY_OP for: BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION, CREATE_SESSION,
212 DESTROY_CLIENTID, DESTROY_SESSION, EXCHANGE_ID.
213* DESTROY_SESSION MUST be the final operation in the COMPOUND request.
214
215Nonstandard compound limitations: 200Nonstandard compound limitations:
216* No support for a sessions fore channel RPC compound that requires both a 201* No support for a sessions fore channel RPC compound that requires both a
217 ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may 202 ca_maxrequestsize request and a ca_maxresponsesize reply, so we may
@@ -219,3 +204,5 @@ Nonstandard compound limitations:
219 negotiation. 204 negotiation.
220* No more than one IO operation (read, write, readdir) allowed per 205* No more than one IO operation (read, write, readdir) allowed per
221 compound. 206 compound.
207
208See also http://wiki.linux-nfs.org/wiki/index.php/Server_4.0_and_4.1_issues.