Re: NFSv4.2 READ_PLUS support?

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM Cedric Blancher
<cedric.blancher@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Good afternoon!
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> Is it planned to support NFSv4.2 READ_PLUS, to optimise reading of sparse files?
Not at this time. There is no VOP_READPLUS() vnode operation defined
at this time.
Without this, the NFS server must either...
- Read all the data and then "parse out" the blobs of zeros.
or
- Use SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE. This sounds reasonable, but it currently needs
  to be done with the vnode unlocked and dropping/re-acquiring the vnode lock
  during a Read operation makes things awkward.
  (The unlocked requirement is really just for other things that are done via
    VOP_IOCTL().)

Bottom line, I've missed the FreeBSD-15 deadline for adding any new
VOP_xxx() calls and this needs one. (Either a VOP_SEEK() that can do
SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE with the vnode locked or preferably a
VOP_READPLUS(), which can acquire data+holes in whatever is the
most efficient way the underlying fs can do it.)

So, maybe for FreeBSD-16, but not yet, rick

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