Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268101AbUJJEdL (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:33:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268105AbUJJEdL (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:33:11 -0400 Received: from omx2-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.19]:15060 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268101AbUJJEdJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:33:09 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:48:19 +1000 From: Greg Banks To: Ed Schouten Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Subject: Re: [Patch] lockd: remove hardcoded maximum NLM cookie length Message-ID: <20041010044819.GC14977@sgi.com> References: <60256.217.121.83.210.1097351510.squirrel@217.121.83.210> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <60256.217.121.83.210.1097351510.squirrel@217.121.83.210> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 732 Lines: 19 On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 09:51:50PM +0200, Ed Schouten wrote: > Hi guys, > > At the moment, the NLM cookie length is fixed to 8 bytes, while 1024 is > the theoretical maximum. FreeBSD uses 16 bytes, Mac OS X uses 20 bytes. > Therefore we need to make the length dynamic (which I set to 32 bytes). MacOS X has used 8 byte cookies since 10.3.4, so FreeBSD is the only known interop issue. Greg. -- Greg Banks, R&D Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group. I don't speak for SGI. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/