Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:09:23 -0400 | From | Fields James <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] nfs: Add NFS3PROC_UMOUNT procedure. |
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 11:57:10AM -0400, Fields James wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 03:52:20PM +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > > The other objection is that NFSv3 already has a way to do this via the MOUNT protocol. We already call MOUNTPROC3_UMNT/MOUNTPROC_UMNT on unmount of a filesystem. > > > > The problem with this approach is that if the NFS client crashes before it can call this function, then the server never gets notified. That is a problem that your patch has too... > > Yes. Could you instead work on describing *exactly* what the original > problem was that prompted this?
("You" here meaning Namjae Jeon, of course).
And note here we've all read the changelog, that's not what I'm asking for.
I want to know the details of *your* specific case. "I have X clients that I use for Y, periodically I want to unmount the exported filesystem to do Z, I tried doing W but it didn't work...".
--b.
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