6:44 p.m.
Since I went through and resolved refcount issues with fsal_pnfs_ds (that
were exposed when I looked at all the export refcounting), I notice that
there's code for DS only mode, but I'm not sure how it actually works.
FSAL_GLUSTER, FSAL_GPFS, and FSAL_LIZARDFS are all set up to associate a
fsal_pnfs_ds with an export.
FSAL_CEPG seems to be set up to use the DS only mode, which does NOT
associate an export with a fsal_pnfs_ds. But then how does, for example
FSAL_CEPH's ds_read method supposed to work? It immediately de-references
op_ctx->fsal_export which will be NULL if called with a Ceph DS handle.
Another issue is the processing for the DS config block makes no check about
the FSAL specified, so you could configure:
DS {
Number = 1;
FSAL {
Name = GPFS;
}
}
Which probably will go badly in some way.
I suspect the config processing should try and determine if the FSAL
actually supports DS only mode.
Frank
7:10 p.m.
The Ceph FSAL supported an early version of ds-only mode. The idea
was reworked during development of a cohortfs fsal, which was a
limited prototype. The Ceph ds path is probably no longer correct.
Making setup more foolproof makes sense. We can go over the way we
most recently used ds-only, at some point. We did not and for
posterity did not want to require the pnfs driver to have exports (for
various reasons).
Matt
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9:23 p.m.
Ok, that certainly makes sense, and the code at the Protocol level supports that.
FSAL_CEPH looks like it's currently coded to have an export associated with the DS, so
maybe the config code for DS only should also reject FSAL_CEPH for now (i.e. actually not
be valid for any in-tree FSAL). The code will be there and easy enough to make use of when
someone's actually ready to code up a DS only FSAL.
Ok, will do. Also I think the DS only mode may not be documented, which is probably ok...
Frank
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