On Friday 13 September 2024 09:10:45 NeilBrown wrote: > On Fri, 13 Sep 2024, Pali Rohár wrote: > > NLMv2 is completely different protocol than NLMv1 and NLMv3, and in > > original Sun implementation is used for RPC loopback callbacks from statd > > to lockd services. Linux does not use nor does not implement NLMv2. > > > > Hence, NLMv3 is not backward compatible with NLMv2. But NLMv3 is backward > > compatible with NLMv1. Fix comment. > > > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > fs/lockd/clntxdr.c | 4 +++- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/fs/lockd/clntxdr.c b/fs/lockd/clntxdr.c > > index a3e97278b997..81ffa521f945 100644 > > --- a/fs/lockd/clntxdr.c > > +++ b/fs/lockd/clntxdr.c > > @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ > > * linux/fs/lockd/clntxdr.c > > * > > * XDR functions to encode/decode NLM version 3 RPC arguments and results. > > - * NLM version 3 is backwards compatible with NLM versions 1 and 2. > > + * NLM version 3 is backwards compatible with NLM version 1. > > + * NLM version 2 is different protocol used only for RPC loopback callbacks > > + * from statd to lockd and is not implemented on Linux. > > * > > * NLM client-side only. > > * > > Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> > > Do you have a reference for that info about v2? I hadn't heard of it > before. > > NeilBrown I have just this information in my notes. I guess it should be possible to gather more information about v2 from released Sun/Solaris source code via OpenSolaris / Illumos projects.
