Re: Linux NFSv4.1/4.2 client source code structure?

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On 3 Jan 2025, at 18:07, Takeshi Nishimura wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 26 Dec 2024, at 19:45, Takeshi Nishimura wrote:
>>
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> Is there a document which explains the structure of the Linux
>>> NFSv4.1/4.2 client source code?
>>
>> No, I don't believe there is any such document.
>>
>>> And where can I find the code which negotiates between NFSv4.1 and
>>> NFSv4.2 versions, and a potential NFSv4.3?
>>
>> For the client, that code is in the nfs-utils tree in the mount.nfs binary,
>> source in utils/mount/stropts.c - look for "nfs_autonegotiate()".  If the
>> mount command does not specify exactly the minor version, then a mount is
>> tried with decreasing minor versions.
>
> So mount.nfs adds vers=4.2, if that fails it retries with vers=4.1, vers=4.0?
>
> Where in the kernel is the minor version from the parsed vers=4.2 option used?

Start looking around in fs/nfs/fs_context.c for "minorversion"..

Ben





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