[NFS-Ganesha-Support] Re: [NFS-Ganesha-Devel] Re: Unsupported FSALs

Hi Frank and community, I wanted to share my perspective on the value of maintaining simpler FSALs like VFS or PROXY_V3. * These FSALs provide a consistent method for reproducing testing failures, which we've found useful in the past <https://review.gerrithub.io/c/ffilz/nfs-ganesha/+/1194944/comments/737906... . * They offer new users a straightforward way to begin testing (example <https://github.com/nfs-ganesha/nfs-ganesha/blob/afdc43ff7ae1daa91471bc485...>) and serve as a practical foundation for developing custom FSALs. Should we keep at least one of them? Thanks, Yoni On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM Ruben Alcolea <ruben.crash(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Thank you for sending the invitation Frank. > > Following your request, I will open a github issue documenting the > problems we have with V6.5. > Thank you for your support, > > Rubén > > El dom, 6 abr 2025 a las 4:45, Frank Filz (<ffilzlnx(a)mindspring.com>) > escribió: > >> I should have also mentioned… >> >> >> >> Please open a github issue with the problems you are having with V6.5. I >> might have suggestions on what might have gone wrong. >> >> >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> *From:* Ruben Alcolea [mailto:ruben.crash@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Friday, April 4, 2025 9:54 AM >> *To:* Frank Filz <ffilzlnx(a)mindspring.com&gt; >> *Cc:* devel(a)lists.nfs-ganesha.org; support(a)lists.nfs-ganesha.org >> *Subject:* Re: [NFS-Ganesha-Devel] Unsupported FSALs >> >> >> >> Hi Frank, >> >> >> >> I’m writing as a member of the SaunaFS >> <https://github.com/leil-io/saunafs> community to confirm that we rely >> on the SaunaFS FSAL for our filesystem. >> >> However, we have encountered issues preventing us from migrating to the >> latest stable v6.5, as our test suite for Ganesha currently passes only for >> v4.4 but not for v6.5 (21 / 23 pass successfully, 2 tests fail). >> >> >> >> In the coming days, I plan to update our GitHub Actions pipeline to run >> our test suite for Ganesha v6.5, making the results available to the >> Ganesha community. >> >> As part of the SaunaFS community, we are committed to support SaunaFS >> FSAL and keep it up to date with the latest API changes. >> >> >> >> From our team, we would like to contribute to ensure FSAL_SAUNAFS >> remains supported and compatible with the latest Ganesha versions. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Rubén >> >> >> >> >> >> El lun, 31 mar 2025 a las 23:04, Frank Filz (<ffilzlnx(a)mindspring.com>) >> escribió: >> >> Community, >> >> >> >> We have a number of FSALs in Ganesha that have no effective support, I’d >> like to understand who might still be relying on them and if there is >> anyone who might step up to support them, or whether we can consider >> removing some on an expedited timeline (normally we declare a FSAL is >> deprecated in one release, and then remove it in the next). Note that with >> the magic of git, deleted FSALs could easily be resurrected (though they >> might not have been updated to match API changes). The risk of not removing >> unsupported code is first that folks will use code with little or no >> support and open github issues that cannot effectively be addressed, and >> that unsupported code may not be properly updated as API changes are made. >> >> >> >> The following FSALs are suspect: >> >> >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_VFS/xfs – this is marginally supported, but could be >> replaced with plain FSAL_VFS >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_VFS – there is also a Lustre FSAL that is built from this >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_GLUSTER >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_LIZARDFS >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_PROXY_V3 >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_PROXY_V4 >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_KVSFS >> >> src/FSAL/FSAL_SAUNAFS >> >> >> >> Thank for your thoughts >> >> >> >> Frank Filz >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list -- devel(a)lists.nfs-ganesha.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)lists.nfs-ganesha.org >> >> _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list -- devel(a)lists.nfs-ganesha.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)lists.nfs-ganesha.org >