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The Hurd has both NFS server and client implementations, which work, but not
very well: File locking doesn't work properly (at least in conjuction with a
GNU/Linux server), and performance is extremely poor. Part of the problems
could be owed to the fact that only NFSv2 is supported so far.

(Note though that locking on the Hurd is problematic in general, not only in
conjuction with NFS -- see the [[file_locking]] task.)

This project encompasses implementing NFSv3 support, fixing bugs and
performance problems -- the goal is to have good NFS support. The work done in
a previous unfinished GSoC project can serve as a starting point.

Both client and server parts need work, though the client is probably much more
important for now, and shall be the major focus of this project.

This task, [[GNU_Savannah_task 5497]], has no special prerequisites besides general programming skills, and
an interest in file systems and network protocols.

Possible mentors: ?

Exercise: Make a go at one of the known issues in the NFS client. You might not
be able to finish this in the limited amount of time, but you should at least
be able to make a detailed analysis of the issue.