From e13d16209e88e8031c1a22f7e69f6814bf7b6d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:13:54 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index 76b72864..85bbdd5f 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -98,21 +98,24 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. `gcc-4.3`, I got strange behaviour of pfinet and spend a week trying to figure out the reason. +* **Try to start the mountee during initialization of `unionfs`** *(4 + Jul)* Initially the mountee was started at the first lookup. Now it + is started immediately after initialization of `unionmount`. + +* **Fix the patches in ``--mount'' option series** *(5 Jul)* The + patches have been reviewed by **antrik**. I corrected them and + posted them to the ML for final reviews. + ### TODO (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) -* **Try to start the mountee during initialization of `unionfs`** *(4 - Jul)* Presently the mountee is started at the first lookup, although - it is desirable to have it started during the initialization of - `unionmount`. - -* **Fix the patches in ``--mount'' option series** *(4 Jul)* The - patches have been reviewed by **antrik** so they have to be - corrected. +* **Orphan the mountee after starting it** *(7 Jul)* Orphaning the + mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the + necessity of keeping a proxy node in unionmount in simple use-cases. * **Read the relevant code of `devnode`, `eth-multiplexer`, and - `pfinet`.** *(6 Jul)* At the moment a part of `devnode` + `pfinet`.** *(10 Jul)* At the moment a part of `devnode` functionality appears in `eth-multiplexer` and (probably) because of this, `devnode` cannot use `eth-multiplexer`'s pseudo master device port. I'll have to figure out why it happens like that. -- cgit v1.3.1 From d0859591050c997f413802531a3c5401cef543d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:44:54 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index 85bbdd5f..9fdf31f1 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the necessity of keeping a proxy node in unionmount in simple use-cases. +* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* It was agreed + that `unionmount` be completely transparent, therefore a number of + RPCs on the control port should be forwarded to the mountee. + * **Read the relevant code of `devnode`, `eth-multiplexer`, and - `pfinet`.** *(10 Jul)* At the moment a part of `devnode` + `pfinet`.** *(14 Jul)* At the moment a part of `devnode` functionality appears in `eth-multiplexer` and (probably) because of this, `devnode` cannot use `eth-multiplexer`'s pseudo master device port. I'll have to figure out why it happens like that. -- cgit v1.3.1 From a242d4eb7601ca3d26d0f7d8d9a4e540adf7a3cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:14:11 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index 9fdf31f1..a17e3bad 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -106,14 +106,17 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. patches have been reviewed by **antrik**. I corrected them and posted them to the ML for final reviews. +* **Orphan the mountee after starting it** *(7 Jul)* Orphaning the + mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the + necessity of keeping a proxy node in unionmount in simple + use-cases. It is possible that this functionality will provided as a + separate patch (without inclusion in master) should it turn out that + orphaning the mountee is a bad idea. + ### TODO (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) -* **Orphan the mountee after starting it** *(7 Jul)* Orphaning the - mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the - necessity of keeping a proxy node in unionmount in simple use-cases. - * **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* It was agreed that `unionmount` be completely transparent, therefore a number of RPCs on the control port should be forwarded to the mountee. -- cgit v1.3.1 From 43a42c7e0cb6b51fa8004c8440c77e21ed9f0a69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:52:34 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index a17e3bad..b4b0a42f 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) +* **Orphan the mountee after starting it** *(10 Jul)* Orphaning the + mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the + necessity of keeping a proxy node in unionmount in simple + use-cases. It is possible that this functionality will provided as a + separate patch (without inclusion in master) should it turn out that + orphaning the mountee is a bad idea. + * **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* It was agreed that `unionmount` be completely transparent, therefore a number of RPCs on the control port should be forwarded to the mountee. -- cgit v1.3.1 From fdb126c8705db2506120bb06953d3fc76c09334b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:26:09 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 18 +++++++----------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index b4b0a42f..75ed692b 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -117,22 +117,18 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) -* **Orphan the mountee after starting it** *(10 Jul)* Orphaning the - mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the - necessity of keeping a proxy node in unionmount in simple - use-cases. It is possible that this functionality will provided as a - separate patch (without inclusion in master) should it turn out that - orphaning the mountee is a bad idea. +* **Decide which RPCs should be forwarded to the mountee and how this + should happen** *(10 Jul)* This is the primary requirement in being + able to proxy the control port of `unionmount`. * **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* It was agreed that `unionmount` be completely transparent, therefore a number of RPCs on the control port should be forwarded to the mountee. -* **Read the relevant code of `devnode`, `eth-multiplexer`, and - `pfinet`.** *(14 Jul)* At the moment a part of `devnode` - functionality appears in `eth-multiplexer` and (probably) because of - this, `devnode` cannot use `eth-multiplexer`'s pseudo master device - port. I'll have to figure out why it happens like that. +* **Try to make `eth-multiplexer` work with statically set instances + of `devnode`** *(14 Jul)* At the moment statically set `devnode` + translators fail to run when they try to obtain the pseudo master + device ports from the `eth-multiplexer`. * **Implement merging rules.** *(25 Jul)* I will have to make the merging of the virtual filesystem published by `eth-multiplexer` and -- cgit v1.3.1 From ecf0fe5b80cbbcf8be13ca40dae10554606e97d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:16:57 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index 75ed692b..103b213f 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -113,18 +113,28 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. separate patch (without inclusion in master) should it turn out that orphaning the mountee is a bad idea. +* **Decide which RPCs should be forwarded to the mountee and how this + should happen** *(10 Jul)* This is the primary requirement in being + able to proxy the control port of `unionmount`. + ### TODO (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) -* **Decide which RPCs should be forwarded to the mountee and how this - should happen** *(10 Jul)* This is the primary requirement in being - able to proxy the control port of `unionmount`. +* **Add the command-line options for choosing between the transparent + and non-transparent unionmounts** *(10 Jul)* Using these options, + the user will be allowed to decide whether unionmount should be + completely transparent (i.e. most control-port RPCs forwarded to the + mountee) or not. * **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* It was agreed that `unionmount` be completely transparent, therefore a number of RPCs on the control port should be forwarded to the mountee. +* **Create the patch for supplying the mountee with a port to the + underlying node of unionfs** *(10 Jul)* Such functionality should + make unionmount even more transparent. + * **Try to make `eth-multiplexer` work with statically set instances of `devnode`** *(14 Jul)* At the moment statically set `devnode` translators fail to run when they try to obtain the pseudo master -- cgit v1.3.1 From d36b1fd29cdb010c4c64df64436249e0d3e99140 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:22:42 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index 103b213f..b43fd8a6 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. completely transparent (i.e. most control-port RPCs forwarded to the mountee) or not. -* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* It was agreed - that `unionmount` be completely transparent, therefore a number of - RPCs on the control port should be forwarded to the mountee. +* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* For + `unionmount` to become transparent, most of the RPCs invoked on the + its control port should be forwarded to the mountee. * **Create the patch for supplying the mountee with a port to the underlying node of unionfs** *(10 Jul)* Such functionality should - make unionmount even more transparent. + make `unionmount` even more transparent. * **Try to make `eth-multiplexer` work with statically set instances of `devnode`** *(14 Jul)* At the moment statically set `devnode` -- cgit v1.3.1 From 2ed6921a4d22e2f0fe9d1a335f2b3b80a6bdce2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:37:58 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index b43fd8a6..a373d315 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -122,25 +122,25 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) * **Add the command-line options for choosing between the transparent - and non-transparent unionmounts** *(10 Jul)* Using these options, + and non-transparent unionmounts** *(17 Jul)* Using these options, the user will be allowed to decide whether unionmount should be completely transparent (i.e. most control-port RPCs forwarded to the mountee) or not. -* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(10 Jul)* For +* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(17 Jul)* For `unionmount` to become transparent, most of the RPCs invoked on the its control port should be forwarded to the mountee. * **Create the patch for supplying the mountee with a port to the - underlying node of unionfs** *(10 Jul)* Such functionality should + underlying node of unionfs** *(17 Jul)* Such functionality should make `unionmount` even more transparent. * **Try to make `eth-multiplexer` work with statically set instances - of `devnode`** *(14 Jul)* At the moment statically set `devnode` + of `devnode`** *(18 Jul)* At the moment statically set `devnode` translators fail to run when they try to obtain the pseudo master device ports from the `eth-multiplexer`. -* **Implement merging rules.** *(25 Jul)* I will have to make the +* **Implement merging rules.** *(30 Jul)* I will have to make the merging of the virtual filesystem published by `eth-multiplexer` and the real filesystem containing static nodes possible. -- cgit v1.3.1 From 41f759660d5b0ef95d7209810fc3e8fb88bf0576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:04:02 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index a373d315..f30e4415 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -117,10 +117,19 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. should happen** *(10 Jul)* This is the primary requirement in being able to proxy the control port of `unionmount`. +* **Fix the patches the have already been commented on** *(14 Jul)* + The new patches I have submitted have been reviewed; also, the older + patches have been reviewed again, which required correcting them. + ### TODO (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) +* **Make `unionmount` go away when the mountee goes away** *(14 Jul)* + `unionmount` makes sense only while the mountee is running, so it + has to go away as soon as the mountee has been shut down for some + reason. + * **Add the command-line options for choosing between the transparent and non-transparent unionmounts** *(17 Jul)* Using these options, the user will be allowed to decide whether unionmount should be -- cgit v1.3.1 From 38e962ec933a6eacfc378477b4efa75f8ea19d07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:40:01 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index f30e4415..1f463fba 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. Jul)* Initially the mountee was started at the first lookup. Now it is started immediately after initialization of `unionmount`. -* **Fix the patches in ``--mount'' option series** *(5 Jul)* The - patches have been reviewed by **antrik**. I corrected them and - posted them to the ML for final reviews. +* **Fix the patches in `--mount` option series** *(5 Jul)* The patches + have been reviewed by **antrik**. I corrected them and posted them + to the ML for final reviews. * **Orphan the mountee after starting it** *(7 Jul)* Orphaning the mountee after starting it up seems to be a nice work-around for the @@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. The new patches I have submitted have been reviewed; also, the older patches have been reviewed again, which required correcting them. +* **Add the `--no-mount` option** *(17 Jul)* Using the `--no-mount` + and `--mount` options, the user can decide whether unionmount should + be completely transparent (i.e. most control-port RPCs forwarded to + the mountee) or not. + ### TODO (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) @@ -130,12 +135,6 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. has to go away as soon as the mountee has been shut down for some reason. -* **Add the command-line options for choosing between the transparent - and non-transparent unionmounts** *(17 Jul)* Using these options, - the user will be allowed to decide whether unionmount should be - completely transparent (i.e. most control-port RPCs forwarded to the - mountee) or not. - * **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(17 Jul)* For `unionmount` to become transparent, most of the RPCs invoked on the its control port should be forwarded to the mountee. -- cgit v1.3.1 From 45ee74e5548fd857e2c7cc1f283b4624c6247f3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:12:58 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index 1f463fba..d496119c 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -121,20 +121,20 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. The new patches I have submitted have been reviewed; also, the older patches have been reviewed again, which required correcting them. -* **Add the `--no-mount` option** *(17 Jul)* Using the `--no-mount` +* **Add the `--no-mount` option** *(14 Jul)* Using the `--no-mount` and `--mount` options, the user can decide whether unionmount should be completely transparent (i.e. most control-port RPCs forwarded to the mountee) or not. -### TODO - -(Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) - * **Make `unionmount` go away when the mountee goes away** *(14 Jul)* `unionmount` makes sense only while the mountee is running, so it has to go away as soon as the mountee has been shut down for some reason. +### TODO + +(Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) + * **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(17 Jul)* For `unionmount` to become transparent, most of the RPCs invoked on the its control port should be forwarded to the mountee. -- cgit v1.3.1 From 67d7e6eb332d42a7fc636dbb26a5ee0515ec55f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: scolobb Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:07:20 +0000 Subject: --- user/scolobb.mdwn | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'user') diff --git a/user/scolobb.mdwn b/user/scolobb.mdwn index d496119c..610937ae 100644 --- a/user/scolobb.mdwn +++ b/user/scolobb.mdwn @@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ For documentation, see [[hurd/translator/unionmount]]. has to go away as soon as the mountee has been shut down for some reason. +* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(14 Jul)* For + `unionmount` to become transparent, most of the RPCs invoked on the + its control port should be forwarded to the mountee. + ### TODO (Dates in brackets show the *expected* completion date) -* **Proxy the control port of `unionmount`** *(17 Jul)* For - `unionmount` to become transparent, most of the RPCs invoked on the - its control port should be forwarded to the mountee. - * **Create the patch for supplying the mountee with a port to the underlying node of unionfs** *(17 Jul)* Such functionality should make `unionmount` even more transparent. -- cgit v1.3.1