[OpenAFS] OpenAFS hangs during cp -r

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Maarten De Boer wrote:

> I see. But I suppose that this will change at some point. I am sure
> that the OpenAFS developers are not going to stick with 2.4 when the
> rest of mankind moves to 2.6

Probably not. Linux 2.6 doesn't appear likely to be OpenAFS friendly, you
can read linux-kernel (search for process authentication groups) if you
want details. Regardless, at some point we will need to support it.

> That's a bit harsh, isn't it? I'd say that the right choice is the
> third choice: fix it. Has anybody investigated this matter into more
> detail? Is Robert Love (preemptible patch maintainer) aware of the
> problem? Is the problem with OpenAFS or with the preemptible patch?
> How come a patch that does not affect any of the OpenAFS code breaks
> OpenAFS? Interesting questions I'd say... And even more because they
> will have to be answered for the > 2.4 future.

Sure. But people aren't exactly falling over themselves to do the work,
and the politics involved in making the client work completely (no loss in
functionality) are unpleasant.