Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] vfs: recall-only directory delegations for knfsd

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 11:25:35AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Behold, another version of directory delegations. This version contains
> support for recall-only delegations. Support for CB_NOTIFY will be
> forthcoming (once the client-side patches have caught up).
> 
> This main differences in this version are bugfixes, but the last patch
> adds a more formal API for userland to request a delegation. That
> support is optional. We can drop it and the rest of the series should be
> fine.
> 
> My main interest in making delegations available to userland is to allow
> testing this support without nfsd. I have an xfstest ready to submit for
> this if that support looks acceptable. If it is, then I'll also plan to
> submit an update for fcntl(2).
> 
> Christian, Chuck mentioned he was fine with you merging the nfsd bits
> too, if you're willing to take the whole pile.

Absolutely!