Re: [NFS] NLM4 patches for 2.2.13

[Dave Higgen]

Saadia Khan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have put up two more patches for nfsd3 and nlm4 support for 2.2.13 at
> http://oss.sgi.com/projects/nfs3/download
>
> nfsd3_nlm4_2.2.13.patch is for nfsd and nlm4 support based on Allen Morris's
> work along with nlm4 support.
> nlm4_linux2.2.13.patch is for just the nlm4 stuff.

So now it seems we have TWO different NFS3 knfsd server implementations: this
one and Neil Brown's??

Guys, this is hopeless!  The status of Linux NFS is already greatly confused
and this just makes it worse.   Could the various knfsd developers/owners
PLEASE get together and agree on what is to be the official version going
forward?

has the old nfsfh.c code which leads to the infamous "Security: /// bad export"
bug, whereas Neil Brown's version has a major cleanup of this.  So in that
respect at least, the Neil B. version seems more advanced...

I will try to do some testing over the next few days: but it would really help
if the developers could come to a concensus: the existence of "duelling
versions" is bad for everyone...

        Dave Higgen