Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] Fixup NLM and kNFSD file lock callbacks

[Christian Brauner]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:42:56 -0400, Benjamin Coddington wrote:
> Last year both GFS2 and OCFS2 had some work done to make their locking more
> robust when exported over NFS.  Unfortunately, part of that work caused both
> NLM (for NFS v3 exports) and kNFSD (for NFSv4.1+ exports) to no longer send
> lock notifications to clients.
> 
> This in itself is not a huge problem because most NFS clients will still
> poll the server in order to acquire a conflicted lock, but now that I've
> noticed it I can't help but try to fix it because there are big advantages
> for setups that might depend on timely lock notifications, and we've
> supported that as a feature for a long time.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc.v6.13 branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc.v6.13 branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc.v6.13

[1/4] fs: Introduce FOP_ASYNC_LOCK
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/8cf9a01edc21
[2/4] gfs2/ocfs2: set FOP_ASYNC_LOCK
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/2253ab99f2e9
[3/4] NLM/NFSD: Fix lock notifications for async-capable filesystems
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/81be05940ccc
[4/4] exportfs: Remove EXPORT_OP_ASYNC_LOCK
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/bb06326008c3