Re: [RFC nfs-utils PATCH] nfsd: don't enable a UDP socket by default

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On Mon, 2017-02-27 at 16:53 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 08:13:11AM -0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Most major NFS clients have supported TCP for at least a decade now,
> > and v4-only shops are becoming more prevalent. It seems reasonable that
> > serving over UDP should be something that is "opt-in".
> > 
> > I've always hesitated to do this in the past, but now that we have
> > nfs.conf, it seems like the time may be right to disable UDP in default
> > configurations. In particular, it would be good to try this in the more
> > bleeding edge distros (Fedora, Ubuntu, SuSE, etc...) and see how
> > problematic it is.
> > 
> > Change the default in rpc.nfsd to just open TCP ports by default. Add
> > new -u and -t options that allow users to explicitly override what's
> > in the config file, and update the usage message and manpage.
> 
> I guess I'm OK with trying it.
> 
> What does the failure look like (from the Linux client at least) in the
> case of a preexisting UDP mount, or a new UDP mount?  (Do they get a
> useful error, or at least something in sylog if there's a hang?)
> 
> --b.
> 

Just this:

     [  792.075135] nfs: server knfsdsrv not responding, still trying

...basically the kernel stops listening on the socket, so the RPCs just
get an ICMP Destination unreachable back. I'm not sure what we could do
to make it more obvious to users, really.

> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  nfs.conf                  |  2 +-
> >  support/include/nfs/nfs.h |  2 +-
> >  utils/nfsd/nfsd.c         | 18 +++++++++++++-----
> >  utils/nfsd/nfsd.man       | 14 ++++++++------
> >  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/nfs.conf b/nfs.conf
> > index 81ece0602dba..5d5a23463cff 100644
> > --- a/nfs.conf
> > +++ b/nfs.conf
> > @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
> >  # port=0
> >  # grace-time=90
> >  # lease-time=90
> > -# udp=y
> > +# udp=n
> >  # tcp=y
> >  # vers2=n
> >  # vers3=y
> > diff --git a/support/include/nfs/nfs.h b/support/include/nfs/nfs.h
> > index 15ecc6bfc485..5b1ef0ce3883 100644
> > --- a/support/include/nfs/nfs.h
> > +++ b/support/include/nfs/nfs.h
> > @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct nfs_fh_len {
> >  
> >  #define NFSCTL_UDPBIT		      (1 << (17 - 1))
> >  #define NFSCTL_TCPBIT		      (1 << (18 - 1))
> > +#define NFSCTL_PROTODEFAULT	      (NFSCTL_TCPBIT)
> >  
> >  #define NFSCTL_VERUNSET(_cltbits, _v) ((_cltbits) &= ~(1 << ((_v) - 1))) 
> >  #define NFSCTL_UDPUNSET(_cltbits)     ((_cltbits) &= ~NFSCTL_UDPBIT) 
> > @@ -42,6 +43,5 @@ struct nfs_fh_len {
> >  #define NFSCTL_TCPSET(_cltbits)       ((_cltbits) |= NFSCTL_TCPBIT)
> >  
> >  #define NFSCTL_ANYPROTO(_cltbits)     ((_cltbits) & (NFSCTL_UDPBIT | NFSCTL_TCPBIT))
> > -#define NFSCTL_ALLBITS (~0)
> >  
> >  #endif /* _NFS_NFS_H */
> > diff --git a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.c b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.c
> > index 20f4b7952203..5d101f0e98c3 100644
> > --- a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.c
> > +++ b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.c
> > @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ static struct option longopts[] =
> >  	{ "help", 0, 0, 'h' },
> >  	{ "no-nfs-version", 1, 0, 'N' },
> >  	{ "nfs-version", 1, 0, 'V' },
> > +	{ "tcp", 0, 0, 't' },
> >  	{ "no-tcp", 0, 0, 'T' },
> > +	{ "udp", 0, 0, 'u' },
> >  	{ "no-udp", 0, 0, 'U' },
> >  	{ "port", 1, 0, 'P' },
> >  	{ "port", 1, 0, 'p' },
> > @@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >  	unsigned int minorvers = 0;
> >  	unsigned int minorversset = 0;
> >  	unsigned int versbits = NFSCTL_VERDEFAULT;
> > -	unsigned int protobits = NFSCTL_ALLBITS;
> > +	unsigned int protobits = NFSCTL_PROTODEFAULT;
> >  	int grace = -1;
> >  	int lease = -1;
> >  
> > @@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >  		}
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dH:hN:V:p:P:sTUrG:L:", longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
> > +	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "dH:hN:V:p:P:stTitUrG:L:", longopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
> >  		switch(c) {
> >  		case 'd':
> >  			xlog_config(D_ALL, 1);
> > @@ -222,9 +224,15 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
> >  			xlog_syslog(1);
> >  			xlog_stderr(0);
> >  			break;
> > +		case 't':
> > +			NFSCTL_TCPSET(protobits);
> > +			break;
> >  		case 'T':
> >  			NFSCTL_TCPUNSET(protobits);
> >  			break;
> > +		case 'u':
> > +			NFSCTL_UDPSET(protobits);
> > +			break;
> >  		case 'U':
> >  			NFSCTL_UDPUNSET(protobits);
> >  			break;
> > @@ -372,9 +380,9 @@ usage(const char *prog)
> >  {
> >  	fprintf(stderr, "Usage:\n"
> >  		"%s [-d|--debug] [-H hostname] [-p|-P|--port port]\n"
> > -		"     [-N|--no-nfs-version version] [-V|--nfs-version version]\n"
> > -		"     [-s|--syslog] [-T|--no-tcp] [-U|--no-udp] [-r|--rdma=]\n"
> > -		"     [-G|--grace-time secs] [-L|--leasetime secs] nrservs\n",
> > +		"   [-N|--no-nfs-version version] [-V|--nfs-version version]\n"
> > +		"   [-s|--syslog] [-t|--tcp] [-T|--no-tcp] [-u|--udp] [-U|--no-udp]\n"
> > +		"   [-r|--rdma=] [-G|--grace-time secs] [-L|--leasetime secs] nrservs\n",
> >  		prog);
> >  	exit(2);
> >  }
> > diff --git a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
> > index 8901fb6c6872..e0c640a64094 100644
> > --- a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
> > +++ b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
> > @@ -67,15 +67,17 @@ logs error messages (and debug messages, if enabled) to stderr. This option make
> >  log these messages to syslog instead. Note that errors encountered during
> >  option processing will still be logged to stderr regardless of this option.
> >  .TP
> > +.B \-t " or " \-\-tcp
> > +Instruct the kernel nfs server to open and listen on a TCP socket. This is the default.
> > +.TP
> >  .B \-T " or " \-\-no-tcp
> > -Disable 
> > -.B rpc.nfsd 
> > -from accepting TCP connections from clients.
> > +Instruct the kernel nfs server not to open and listen on a TCP socket.
> > +.TP
> > +.B \-u " or " \-\-udp
> > +Instruct the kernel nfs server to open and listen on a UDP socket.
> >  .TP
> >  .B \-U " or " \-\-no-udp
> > -Disable
> > -.B rpc.nfsd
> > -from accepting UDP connections from clients.
> > +Instruct the kernel nfs server not to open and listen on a UDP socket. This is the default.
> >  .TP
> >  .B \-V " or " \-\-nfs-version vers
> >  This option can be used to request that 
> > -- 
> > 2.9.3
> > 
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