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smb3: update TODO list of missing features

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minor cleanup of documentation, updating to more current status.

Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
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@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ a) SMB3 (and SMB3.1.1) missing optional features:
- T10 copy offload ie "ODX" (copy chunk, and "Duplicate Extents" ioctl
currently the only two server side copy mechanisms supported)
b) improved sparse file support
b) improved sparse file support (fiemap and SEEK_HOLE are implemented
but additional features would be supportable by the protocol).
c) Directory entry caching relies on a 1 second timer, rather than
using Directory Leases, currently only the root file handle is cached longer
@ -21,9 +22,13 @@ using Directory Leases, currently only the root file handle is cached longer
d) quota support (needs minor kernel change since quota calls
to make it to network filesystems or deviceless filesystems)
e) Additional use cases where we use "compoounding" (e.g. open/query/close
and open/setinfo/close) to reduce the number of roundtrips, and also
open to reduce redundant opens (using deferred close and reference counts more).
e) Additional use cases can be optimized to use "compounding"
(e.g. open/query/close and open/setinfo/close) to reduce the number
of roundtrips to the server and improve performance. Various cases
(stat, statfs, create, unlink, mkdir) already have been improved by
using compounding but more can be done. In addition we could significantly
reduce redundant opens by using deferred close (with handle caching leases)
and better using reference counters on file handles.
f) Finish inotify support so kde and gnome file list windows
will autorefresh (partially complete by Asser). Needs minor kernel
@ -43,18 +48,17 @@ mount or a per server basis to client UIDs or nobody if no mapping
exists. Also better integration with winbind for resolving SID owners
k) Add tools to take advantage of more smb3 specific ioctls and features
(passthrough ioctl/fsctl for sending various SMB3 fsctls to the server
is in progress, and a passthrough query_info call is already implemented
in cifs.ko to allow smb3 info levels queries to be sent from userspace)
(passthrough ioctl/fsctl is now implemented in cifs.ko to allow sending
various SMB3 fsctls and query info and set info calls directly from user space)
Add tools to make setting various non-POSIX metadata attributes easier
from tools (e.g. extending what was done in smb-info tool).
l) encrypted file support
m) improved stats gathering tools (perhaps integration with nfsometer?)
to extend and make easier to use what is currently in /proc/fs/cifs/Stats
n) allow setting more NTFS/SMB3 file attributes remotely (currently limited to compressed
file attribute via chflags) and improve user space tools for managing and
viewing them.
n) Add support for claims based ACLs ("DAC")
o) mount helper GUI (to simplify the various configuration options on mount)
@ -82,6 +86,8 @@ so far).
w) Add support for additional strong encryption types, and additional spnego
authentication mechanisms (see MS-SMB2)
x) Finish support for SMB3.1.1 compression
KNOWN BUGS
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See http://bugzilla.samba.org - search on product "CifsVFS" for