[Ocfs2-devel] [RFC PATCH 0/5] ocfs2: support IPv6 communication in o2cb cluster

[piaojun]

Hi Andrew,

On 2018/11/8 6:56, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:31:15 +0800 piaojun <piaojun at huawei.com> wrote:
> 
>> o2cb cluster only support IPv4 node configuration nowadays. Along with IPv6
>> used more widely, ocfs2 should also keep up with the pace. This patch
>> series add configfs attribute for IPv6 configure and build connnection
>> between nodes with IPv6 socket. So the nodes in cluster could send dlm
>> messages through IPv6 network protocol.
> 
> Big patchset.  I'll await some reviewer input before looking at merging
> this, I think.
> 
> Please update Documentation/filesystems/ocfs2.txt to document all the
> new userspace interfaces and the overall feature, etc.

OK, there is some work in userspace, such as o2cb_ctl, and I will add
another patch to update the document.
> 
> Should the new code be hidden behind `#ifdef CONFIG_IPV6'?  That would
> avoid some code bloat.
> 
> (That being said, if ocfs2 was concerned about code bloat, it would do
> something about the fact that mlog() and mlog_errno() more than double
> the file system's object code size).

Good suggestion, and I will consider using CONFIG_IPV6 to make code
thiner.

Thanks,
Jun
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