User space must call listen(3) on SOCK_STREAM sockets passed into /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist, otherwise that listener is ignored. Document this. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c index b6a847f..d491fa9 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c @@ -1061,7 +1061,9 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size) * buf: C string containing an unsigned * integer value representing a bound * but unconnected socket that is to be - * used as an NFSD listener + * used as an NFSD listener; listen(3) + * must be called for a SOCK_STREAM + * socket, otherwise it is ignored * size: non-zero length of C string in @buf * Output: * On success: NFS service is started; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
