Date:	Tue, 23 May 2000 19:14:29 +0200 (CEST)
To:	linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net,
Subject: Release of version 0.20.11 of the NFSv3 client for Linux-2.2.15 (and prerelease of v0.21.0)
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>


Hi everybody,

  In order to fix up a few minor issues with the NFSv3 client patches, 
I've made a new release. Most changes here are backports from the
2.3.99-pre9-3 kernel.

  Verson 0.20.11 includes the following changes:

    - Fix up i_nlink / attribute cache invalidation conflicts in dir.c
    - Fix up a few minor dcache races in dir.c.
    - Fix nfs_free_dentries() bug.
    - Fix bug in nfs2xdr.c pertaining to readdir 'short packet'
      errors.
    - Small tweak to nfs_permission() in order to reduce net
      traffic. We now only call the server back when
	     1) DAC override capabilities may have been invoked
	     2) root squashing is suspected
	     3) ACLs may overturn a negative answer
    - Fix potential D.o.s. due to having a global hard limit on the
      number of NFS writebacks.
    - Small tweak to nfs_strategy() to improve soft-limit handling.

Please find the new patches under

    http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/linux-2.2.14-nfsv3-0.20.11.dif.bz2

An incremental patch against 0.20.10 is available in the same
directory.


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Prerelease of version 0.21.0

In addition to the above release, I'd like to announce the
availability of version 0.21.0 in the prerelease subdirectory.

This version contains (in addition to the above) a backport of the
rewritten directory caching code from 2.3.99-pre9-3. It should provide
much more reliable performance against those servers such as IRIX,
Netware which were using the 'nonmonotonic cookie' code in previous
versions.

The prerelease can be found as:

http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/prerelease/linux-2.2.14-nfsv3-0.21.0.dif.bz2

--------

For further information on support utilities, the NFSv3-patched
version of mount, etc. please see the FAQ on
    http://nfs.sourceforge.net

Cheers,
  Trond

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