vserver 1.9.5.x5

[linux-2.6.git] / fs / cifs / TODO

diff --git a/fs/cifs/TODO b/fs/cifs/TODO
index 05464a3..f4e3e1f 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/cifs/TODO
+++ b/fs/cifs/TODO
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ b) Better pam/winbind integration (e.g. to handle uid mapping
 better)
 
 c) multi-user mounts - multiplexed sessionsetups over single vc
 better)
 
 c) multi-user mounts - multiplexed sessionsetups over single vc

-(ie tcp session) - prettying up needed
+(ie tcp session) - prettying up needed, and more testing needed

 
 d) Kerberos/SPNEGO session setup support - (started)
 
 
 d) Kerberos/SPNEGO session setup support - (started)
 


@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ k) hook lower into the sockets api (as NFS/SunRPC does) to avoid the
 extra copy in/out of the socket buffers in some cases.
 
 l) finish support for IPv6.  This is mostly complete but
 extra copy in/out of the socket buffers in some cases.
 
 l) finish support for IPv6.  This is mostly complete but

-needs a simple inet_pton like function to convert ipv6
-addresses in string representation.
+needs a simple conversion of ipv6 to sin6_addr from the
+address in string representation.

 
 m) Better optimize open (and pathbased setfilesize) to reduce the
 oplock breaks coming from windows srv.  Piggyback identical file
 
 m) Better optimize open (and pathbased setfilesize) to reduce the
 oplock breaks coming from windows srv.  Piggyback identical file


@@ -50,23 +50,24 @@ than resending (helps reduce server resource utilization and avoid
 spurious oplock breaks).
 
 o) Improve performance of readpages by sending more than one read
 spurious oplock breaks).
 
 o) Improve performance of readpages by sending more than one read

-at a time when 8 pages or more are requested.  Evaluate whether
-reads larger than 16K would be helpful.
+at a time when 8 pages or more are requested. In conjuntion
+add support for async_cifs_readpages.

 
 

-p) For support of Windows9x/98 we need to retry failed mounts
-to *SMBSERVER (default server name) with the uppercase hostname
-in the RFC1001 session_init request.
-
-q) Add support for storing symlink and fifo info to Windows servers 
+p) Add support for storing symlink and fifo info to Windows servers 

 in the Extended Attribute format their SFU clients would recognize.
 
 in the Extended Attribute format their SFU clients would recognize.
 

-r) Finish fcntl D_NOTIFY support so kde and gnome file list windows
-will autorefresh
+q) Finish fcntl D_NOTIFY support so kde and gnome file list windows
+will autorefresh (started)
+
+r) Add GUI tool to configure /proc/fs/cifs settings and for display of
+the CIFS statistics (started)
+
+q) implement support for security and trusted categories of xattrs
+(requires minor protocol extension) to enable better support for SELINUX

 
 

-s) Add GUI tool to configure /proc/fs/cifs settings and for display of
-the CIFS statistics
+r) Implement O_DIRECT flag on open (already supported on mount)

 
 

-KNOWN BUGS (updated May 27, 2004)
+KNOWN BUGS (updated December 10, 2004)

 ====================================
 1) existing symbolic links (Windows reparse points) are recognized but
 can not be created remotely. They are implemented for Samba and those that
 ====================================
 1) existing symbolic links (Windows reparse points) are recognized but
 can not be created remotely. They are implemented for Samba and those that


@@ -83,9 +84,6 @@ Samba (may be unmappable due to POSIX to Windows lock model
 differences but worth investigating).  Also debug Samba to 
 see why lock test case 7 takes longer to complete to Samba
 than to Windows.
 differences but worth investigating).  Also debug Samba to 
 see why lock test case 7 takes longer to complete to Samba
 than to Windows.

-5) implement search rewind (seeking backward in a readdir), which is
-necessary for one of the "special" subsection of posix file API
-tests in the Connectathon nfs test suite.

 
 Misc testing to do
 ==================
 
 Misc testing to do
 ==================