ksmbd(cifsd) status update

Author(s)/Presenter(s):

Namjae Jeon, Samsung Electronics

Library Content Type:

Presentation

Publish Date:

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Event Name:

SDC EMEA 2021

Event Track:

SMB

Focus Areas:

Networked Storage

Physical Storage

Abstract:

ksmbd(cifsd) is a new SMB3 kernel server which implements server-side SMB3 protocol. The target is to provide optimized performance, GPLv2 SMB server, better lease handling (distributed caching). The bigger goal is to add new features more rapidly which are easier to develop on a smaller, more tightly optimized kernel server. Many changes and improvements have been made since cifsd(ksmbd) was introduced to earlier SDC 2019. This talk will give ksmbd overview and the current status update.

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