Re: [PATCH 04/43] nfsd4: reserve head space for krb5 integ/priv info

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On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 04:52:09PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Currently if the nfs-level part of a reply would be too large, we'll
> return an error to the client.  But if the nfs-level part fits and
> leaves no room for krb5p or krb5i stuff, then we just drop the request
> entirely.
> 
> That's no good.  Instead, reserve some slack space at the end of the
> buffer and make sure we fail outright if we'd come close.
> 
> The slack space here is a massive overstimate of what's required, we
> should probably try for a tighter limit at some point.

Don't we know the rpc auth scheme at this point and can at least
avoid it for non-krb setups?

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