From nobody Tue May 18 20:46:33 2021 X-Original-To: fs@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2BDA5744AB for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 20:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Fl7MY4dJ1z3F4x for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 20:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8422426403 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 20:46:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 14IKkXYj001869 for ; Tue, 18 May 2021 20:46:33 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 14IKkXjd001868 for fs@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 18 May 2021 20:46:33 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 251363] use unionfs as a disk-cache for NFS [feature] Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 20:46:33 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: kern X-Bugzilla-Version: 12.2-RELEASE X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Some People X-Bugzilla-Who: mckusick@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: Open X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: fs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_status cc Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Filesystems List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-fs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D251363 Kirk McKusick changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|New |Open CC| |mckusick@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #18 from Kirk McKusick --- Using the union filesystem to cache NFS is a bad idea. The whole point of N= FS is to maintain cache coherency between the clients and the server. If a cli= ent writes a file, NFS will ensure that all the other NFS clients can see those changes. If a new copy of a binary is installed on the server, NFS will ens= ure that all the clients see the updated binary. The union filesystem provides = no coherency at all. NFS already does caching using the buffer cache. The buffer cache is a bett= er way to cache binaries as it only holds the pages of the binary that you are actively using. By contrast unionfs is going to copy the entire binary image before it can start up. And it will hold all of the binary in memory even if only a small part of it is being used. This technique may be usable in your environment, but it is absolutely not useful as a general-purpose tool. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=