The principal problems seen during v9fs-2.0 use is the difficulty in the setup of the server and performance problems associated with multiple extraneous copies in standard data flow. This is particularly the case when trying to optimize communication using intelligent networks or shared memory between virtualized partitions.

• v9fs-2.0 Design

As you can see from the above illustration, each white arrow involves a copy. Also, if you want to access a remote synthetic file system you end up traversing the v9fs layer multiple times.

In version 2.1 we will try to address these problems by eliminating unnecessary copies from the transport path and moving portions of the server into the v9fs kernel code.

• v9fs-2.1 Design

In the 2.1 design we move the servers into the client allowing short-circuiting local access to synthetic file systems and resources including synthetic gateways to system devices. The main point is to help prevent multiple copies through user-space when exporting local devices (and synthetic gateways to those devices) through the server.