Re: [PATCH] nfs4: v4 mounts should not need rpcbind running

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On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Steve Dickson wrote:

> On 06/03/2011 10:41 AM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> Hey-
>> 
>> On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> 
>>> This patch makes the nfs4 callback service a hide service
>>> by setting the vs_hidden flag in the nfs4_callback_version4
>>> structure
>> 
>> One reason to continue to do this is to have some assurance that no-one else takes the same RPC program number.  Not a big deal.
> Personally I think its a waste of cycles especially when a large
> number of mounts are happening at once... Its completely overkill IMHO...

Agreed, and I'm not objecting to this specific change.  The above was just a generic observation.

My overall concern, though, was that we might still be hanging at mount or umount time if rpcbind was absent.

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




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