Re: [PATCH v1 1/3] nfsd: report NFSv4 grace state through Netlink

[Prabhakar Pujeri]

On Thu, 2026-08-27 at 09:06 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> I'd like any new API to avoid foreclosing the ability to move exports
> in and out of grace individually.

Thanks, that makes sense. A network-namespace-wide boolean would remain
useful as an aggregate, but the current single attribute does not make
its scope explicit enough for future per-export grace.

I will avoid freezing that ABI in this reroll. I'll drop the
grace-reporting patch from the client-visibility v2 and post the client
dump and state-count patches separately.

I'll follow up with a dedicated grace-status proposal whose records
carry an explicit scope, so it can represent the server-wide state today
and individual exports later. I also prefer to get agreement on the
export identity before adding that part speculatively.

Does that direction address your concern?

Thanks,
Prabhakar