FreeBSD server is broken when "nconnects" is used on mounts on it

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Hi,

The FreeBSD NFS server is broken when handling multiple
connections for NFSv4.1/4.2.
It incorrectly binds the back channel to a new connection
when is sees an RPC with Sequence in it (almost all RPCs)
and might send a callback on the wrong connection.

I have a fix, but it won't be in a release until 12.3/13.1 (months away)
It can be found in FreeBSD Bugzilla PR#254560.

In the meantime, avoiding use of the "nconnects" option
on Linux client mounts to FreeBSD servers should avoid
the problem.

Thanks go to Ben Coddington @redhat for diagnosing
this and testing the patch.

rick




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