RE: Cleancache and shared filesystems

From: Dan Magenheimer
Date: Tue May 31 2011 - 10:52:15 EST


> From: Joel Becker [mailto:jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 5:34 PM
> To: Steven Whitehouse
> Cc: Dan Magenheimer; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Sunil Mushran
> Subject: Re: Cleancache and shared filesystems
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 05:19:39PM +0100, Steven Whitehouse wrote:
> > + if (ls->ls_ops == &gfs2_dlm_ops) {
> > + if (gfs2_uuid_valid(sb->s_uuid))
> > + cleancache_init_shared_fs(sb->s_uuid, sb);
> > + } else {
> > + cleancache_init_fs(sb);
> > + }
>
> Hey Dan,
> Steven makes a good point here. ocfs2 could also take advantage
> of local filesystem behavior when running in local mode.

Hi Joel --

I guess the semantics need to be more clearly defined
(or perhaps changed if the shared-fs community wants),
but if cleancache_init_shared_fs is called only by
a single node, cleancache still enables all the same
functionality** as cleancache_init_fs.

I'm not sure I fully understand the semantics of
local mode though, so please clarify if you think
I am wrong or misunderstanding your point.

Thanks,
Dan

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