Re: [PATCH 3/5] nfs-utils: query for remote port using rpcbind instead of getaddrinfo

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On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Tom Talpey wrote:
At 12:02 PM 4/7/2009, Chuck Lever wrote:

On Apr 7, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Jeff Layton wrote:
+	/* Use standard NFS port for NFSv4 */
+	if (program == 100003 && version == 4) {
+		port = 2049;
+		goto set_port;
+	}

I think this patch set looks pretty reasonable.  Here's my one
remaining quibble.

You can specify "port=" for nfs4 mounts, in which case we want to use
that value here, too, I think.  It would be simpler overall if the

*Must* use a port= specification. The 2049 definition is only true for
NFSv4/TCP, as a counterexample the NFSv4/RDMA IANA binding is
port 20049. So slamming the port to 2049 would break NFSv4/RDMA.

kernel always passed up the value it is using for port= on this mount
point.

The rules for how the kernel uses the port= setting are:

+ if port= is not specified on NFSv2/v3, port= setting is zero
+ if port= is not specified on NFSv4, port= setting is 2049

This is a tiny bit questionable, since 2049 is only defined for TCP.
But, if port= can override, then that's a workaround, so OK.

Right. The above rule is done in the kernel's mount option parsing logic, so that can/should be changed to address this. If the kernel always passes the correct port up to gssd, then gssd doesn't need to worry about it.

Then, when setting up a tranport:

+ if the port= setting is zero, do an rpcbind
+ if the port= setting is not zero, use that value

If the kernel always passes the port= setting to gssd, then it can
follow the "if port value is zero, rpcbind; otherwise use port value
as is" rule, and be sure to get correct NFSv4 behavior, even without
the special case you added for NFSv4.

Agree.

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Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com
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