On 3/19/20 3:15 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> > > The nfsd(7) man page has some useful documentation of the files under > /proc/fs/nfsd/ and proc/net/rpc, but it's many years out of date. > > As a start, banish any discussion of the long-deprecated nfsctl > systemcall to a NOTES section at the end, and admit that there are more > than 3 files under /proc/fs/nfsd/. > > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> Committed... (tag: nfs-utils-2-4-4-rc2) steved. > --- > utils/exportfs/nfsd.man | 27 ++++++++++++++------------- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man b/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man > index 9efa29f9f01c..1392f3926053 100644 > --- a/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man > +++ b/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man > @@ -13,14 +13,8 @@ nfsd \- special filesystem for controlling Linux NFS server > The > .B nfsd > filesystem is a special filesystem which provides access to the Linux > -NFS server. The filesystem consists of a single directory which > -contains a number of files. These files are actually gateways into > -the NFS server. Writing to them can affect the server. Reading from > -them can provide information about the server. > -.P > -This file system is only available in Linux 2.6 and later series > -kernels (and in the later parts of the 2.5 development series leading > -up to 2.6). This man page does not apply to 2.4 and earlier. > +NFS server. Writing to files in this filesystem can affect the server. > +Reading from them can provide information about the server. > .P > As well as this filesystem, there are a collection of files in the > .B procfs > @@ -38,13 +32,10 @@ filesystem mounted at > .B /proc/fs/nfsd > or > .BR /proc/fs/nfs . > -If it is not mounted, they will fall-back on 2.4 style functionality. > -This involves accessing the NFS server via a systemcall. This > -systemcall is scheduled to be removed after the 2.6 kernel series. > .SH DETAILS > -The three files in the > +Files in the > .B nfsd > -filesystem are: > +filesystem include: > .TP > .B exports > This file contains a list of filesystems that are currently exported > @@ -191,6 +182,16 @@ number represents a bit-pattern where bits that are set cause certain > classes of tracing to be enabled. Consult the kernel header files to > find out what number correspond to what tracing. > > +.SH NOTES > +This file system is only available in Linux 2.6 and later series > +kernels (and in the later parts of the 2.5 development series leading > +up to 2.6). This man page does not apply to 2.4 and earlier. > +.P > +Previously the nfsctl systemcall was used for communication between nfsd > +and user utilities. That systemcall was removed in kernel version 3.1. > +Older nfs-utils versions were able to fall back to nfsctl if necessary; > +that was removed from nfs-utils 1.3.5. > + > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR nfsd (8), > .BR rpc.nfsd (8), >
