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List:       lustre-devel
Subject:    [Lustre-devel] Interested in contributing to Lustre
From:       nikitas_angelinas () xyratex ! com (Nikitas Angelinas)
Date:       2013-05-14 15:23:08
Message-ID: CAPj2jnnf2qVGMdYSNn_v2dgoSkvE_=XyHGEbTAvMF+fRHQ90Vw () mail ! gmail ! com
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In addition to the document Oleg has pointed out (which imho is probably
the best resource for a newcomer developer to start with), and the link
that Cory has provided which also includes documentation on some more
recent additions to the source (and is also a good source of information
for newcomers imo), some older HLDs can be found at
http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Architecture_-_Lustre_HLDs, and some newer
HLDs/architectural docs at
https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Whamcloud+Designs.

The Operations Manual is also quite useful i think, at
https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Documentation.

Added to all this, there are quite a few presentation slides and av
recordings from previous LUG/LAD or other events around the web that you
might find useful.

As Oleg has hinted, some of the information you may come across might be a
bit stale, as it applies to previous versions of the source, so please keep
in mind that whole subsystems that are referenced in a document you are
reading may have been completely replaced (by newer and better versions).
But don't let this be an issue, please ask here if something does not make
sense; people are usually quite keen to help.

Cheers,
Nikitas

On 14 May 2013 15:58, Cory Spitz <spitzcor at cray.com> wrote:

> Same disclaimer applies for http://wiki.lustre.org/lid/agi/agi.html.
> 
> The OpenSFS CDWG has discussed bringing these documents up-to-date.
> Nothing concrete yet though.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Cory
> 
> 
> On 5/14/13 1:49 AM, "Drokin, Oleg" <oleg.drokin at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > Additionally there's this pretty good (though stale in many parts now,
> > but still some other parts are ok and high level is certainly ok)
> > Lustre internals book: users.nccs.gov/~fwang2/papers/lustre_report.pdf?
> > 
> > On May 13, 2013, at 5:34 PM, Prakash Surya wrote:
> > 
> > > I wish you luck in your endeavour!
> > > 
> > > Here are some links which might prove useful to you:
> > > 
> > > * https://jira.hpdd.intel.com - New issues are opened here
> > > 
> > > * http://review.whamcloud.com - New patches are reviewed here
> > > 
> > > * https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Submitting+Changes - Some
> > > info on the development cycle used by the Lustre project.
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, there isn't nearly enough documentation as there should
> > > be in the Lustre tree (especially for new comers), so feel free to ask
> > > questions.
> > > 
> > > As far as potential projects, in my opinion, the project list you
> > > linked to is a bit dated. There are *many* open issues which need to be
> > > fixed, so I would suggest finding something that interests you on the
> > > JIRA bug tracker that I linked to above, since that is a more up to date
> > > source of information.
> > > 
> > > If you are completely new, a good place to start is just downloading the
> > > git tree, building, and running the unit tests locally to get familiar
> > > with the project. Then you can start to modify the source and explore
> > > some of the areas that interest you.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Cheers, Prakash
> > > 
> > > On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 06:03:27PM -0400, twanjari at andrew.cmu.eduwrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > I am a grad student at Carnegie Mellon University. I had my course
> > > > work in
> > > > advanced storage systems in previous semester, and I am interested to
> > > > work
> > > > on Lustre. I prefer to take up a project that could be completed in a
> > > > duration of a month or two.
> > > > 
> > > > Since I am a novice w.r.t. my familiarity with Lustre code base, I seek
> > > > your opinion to choose a project from the list:
> > > > http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Lustre_Project_List
> > > > 
> > > > My preferences (in order) are:
> > > > 1. fallocate() API - https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15064
> > > > 2. kernel patch removal -
> > > > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21524
> > > > 3. ioctl() number cleanups -
> > > > https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20731
> > > > I am also open to other suggestion.
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions regarding code walkthrough or documentation to help
> > > > ramping up are also welcome.
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Tejas Wanjari
> > > > 
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