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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-04-17 16:53:34 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-04-17 16:53:34 -0400
commitd022bafbb66a2662edaee5bf38bf0f70a755dcd0 (patch)
tree797a28554468def6f17da3fa7eb0c3dc4a38612a /Documentation
parent74a205a3f1a07cf0b72bf7816d75735a0d9c4c6b (diff)
parent1a92e82a86556727da1626393f2a6becf7e62f39 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging-2.6: (43 commits) staging: slicoss: update README otus/zdusb.c: additional USB idnetifier Staging: go7007: fix build issues Staging: sxg: Fix leaks and checksum errors in transmit code path Staging: sxg: Fix sleep in atomic context warning while loading driver Staging: sxg: Use correct queue_id for transmitting non-TCP packets Staging: sxg: Fire watchdog timer at end of open routine to change the link Staging: Pohmelfs: Add load balancing between network states with the same priority. Staging: Pohmelfs: Added IO permissions and priorities. Staging: Pohmelfs: Added ->show_stats() callback. Staging: Pohmelfs: Drop ftrans debugging code. Staging: Pohmelfs: Use wait_on_page_timeout when waiting for remote directory sync instead of hardcoded 25 seconds. Staging: Pohmelfs: Reduce debugging noise about non-existing objects. Staging: Pohmelfs: Sync fs before killing it, since dentry cache is shrunk before writeback is invoked via generic_shutdown_super() Staging: Pohmelfs: Extend remount option. Staging: Pohmelfs: Set NETFS_INODE_REMOTE_SYNCED and clear NETFS_INODE_OWNED bits in the root inode. Staging: Pohmelfs: Added 'need_lock' variable into debug print. Staging: Pohmelfs: Disable read lock in pohmelfs_getattr(). Staging: Pohmelfs: Move parent lock to the place where we really have to send a lookup request to the server. Staging: pohmelfs: Populate dentry cache when receiving the new readdir entry. ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/design_notes.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/info.txt21
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/design_notes.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/design_notes.txt
index 6d6db60d567d..dcf833587162 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/design_notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/design_notes.txt
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ workloads and can fully utilize the bandwidth to the servers when doing bulk
56data transfers. 56data transfers.
57 57
58POHMELFS clients operate with a working set of servers and are capable of balancing read-only 58POHMELFS clients operate with a working set of servers and are capable of balancing read-only
59operations (like lookups or directory listings) between them. 59operations (like lookups or directory listings) between them according to IO priorities.
60Administrators can add or remove servers from the set at run-time via special commands (described 60Administrators can add or remove servers from the set at run-time via special commands (described
61in Documentation/pohmelfs/info.txt file). Writes are replicated to all servers. 61in Documentation/pohmelfs/info.txt file). Writes are replicated to all servers, which are connected
62with write permission turned on. IO priority and permissions can be changed in run-time.
62 63
63POHMELFS is capable of full data channel encryption and/or strong crypto hashing. 64POHMELFS is capable of full data channel encryption and/or strong crypto hashing.
64One can select any kernel supported cipher, encryption mode, hash type and operation mode 65One can select any kernel supported cipher, encryption mode, hash type and operation mode
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/info.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/info.txt
index 4e3d50157083..db2e41393626 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/info.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/pohmelfs/info.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
1POHMELFS usage information. 1POHMELFS usage information.
2 2
3Mount options: 3Mount options.
4All but index, number of crypto threads and maximum IO size can changed via remount.
5
4idx=%u 6idx=%u
5 Each mountpoint is associated with a special index via this option. 7 Each mountpoint is associated with a special index via this option.
6 Administrator can add or remove servers from the given index, so all mounts, 8 Administrator can add or remove servers from the given index, so all mounts,
@@ -52,16 +54,27 @@ mcache_timeout=%u
52 54
53Usage examples. 55Usage examples.
54 56
55Add (or remove if it already exists) server server1.net:1025 into the working set with index $idx 57Add server server1.net:1025 into the working set with index $idx
56with appropriate hash algorithm and key file and cipher algorithm, mode and key file: 58with appropriate hash algorithm and key file and cipher algorithm, mode and key file:
57$cfg -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -K $hash_key -k $cipher_key 59$cfg A add -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -K $hash_key -k $cipher_key
58 60
59Mount filesystem with given index $idx to /mnt mountpoint. 61Mount filesystem with given index $idx to /mnt mountpoint.
60Client will connect to all servers specified in the working set via previous command: 62Client will connect to all servers specified in the working set via previous command:
61mount -t pohmel -o idx=$idx q /mnt 63mount -t pohmel -o idx=$idx q /mnt
62 64
63One can add or remove servers from working set after mounting too. 65Change permissions to read-only (-I 1 option, '-I 2' - write-only, 3 - rw):
66$cfg A modify -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -I 1
67
68Change IO priority to 123 (node with the highest priority gets read requests).
69$cfg A modify -a server1.net -p 1025 -i $idx -P 123
64 70
71One can check currect status of all connections in the mountstats file:
72# cat /proc/$PID/mountstats
73...
74device none mounted on /mnt with fstype pohmel
75idx addr(:port) socket_type protocol active priority permissions
760 server1.net:1026 1 6 1 250 1
770 server2.net:1025 1 6 1 123 3
65 78
66Server installation. 79Server installation.
67 80