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

[Chuck Lever]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026, at 9:33 AM, Prabhakar Pujeri wrote:
> 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?

WFM!

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Chuck Lever