From 8dc571ffdbaefc628c046365cbff8fde3aad0258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shachar Sharon Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:44:48 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] WHATSNEW: update "New cephfs VFS module" section BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15686 Signed-off-by: Shachar Sharon --- WHATSNEW.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index c42c8cdb142..86ee75d6c3c 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ nodes. Check in smb.conf(5) the scripts winbind_ctdb_updatekeytab.sh and For detailed information check the smb.conf(5) and net(8) manpages. +New cephfs VFS module +--------------------- +Introduce new vfs-to-cephfs bridge which uses libcephfs low-level APIs (instead +of path-based operations in the existing module). It allows users to pass +explicit user-credentials per call (including supplementary groups), as well as +faster operations using inode and file-handle caching on the Samba side. +Configuration is identical to existing module, but using 'ceph_new' instead of +'ceph' for the relevant smb.conf entries. This new module is expected to +deprecate and replace the old one in next major release. + REMOVED FEATURES ================ -- 2.43.5