Re: FreeBSD NFSv4.1 nfsd, named attribute support (OPENATTR)?

On Mon, 20 Jan 2025 at 13:15, Lionel Cons <lionelcons1972@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 at 16:50, Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM Cedric Blancher
> > <cedric.blancher@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Good morning!
> > >
> > > Does FreeBSD NFSv4.1 nfsd support named attributes (e.g. OPENATTR),
> > > per https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5661#section-5.3
> > >
> > > ZFS and Solaris UFS support named attributes (via O_XATTR), does
> > > FreeBSD do it too?
> > No. fork files/resource forks (or whatever you choose to call them)
> > have been discussed multiple times.
> >
> > If I recall correctly, one showstopper was fixing the archive tools.
> > There was also the generic argument that Linux doesn't support them.
> > Then there was the issue of what VFS/VOP changes were required.
> > (The FreeBSD VFS carries vnode locks across VOP calls and is at
> > what I would call a lower level than Solaris.)
> > --> Which all comes down to who will do the work?
> >
> > If I recall correctly, there was a time when a group associated with
> > CERN needed them to transition away from Solaris.
>
> That was my team, and there is still the need to do it. What keeps us
> FRUSTRATED is the lack of progress. Well, and "no", we cannot do it
> ourselves, this is well beyond the expertise my team has.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed?

Lionel