Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030364AbVIVOLI (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:11:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030365AbVIVOLI (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:11:08 -0400 Received: from mx1.netapp.com ([216.240.18.38]:6500 "EHLO mx1.netapp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030364AbVIVOLH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:11:07 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,138,1125903600"; d="scan'208"; a="258453957:sNHT18843224" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [NFS] Re: [PATCH] repair nfsd/sunrpc in 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 (and other -mm versions) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:11:05 -0700 Message-ID: <044B81DE141D7443BCE91E8F44B3C1E288E488@exsvl02.hq.netapp.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [NFS] Re: [PATCH] repair nfsd/sunrpc in 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 (and other -mm versions) Thread-Index: AcW/foZAVqJ5rqW2T/GNegHMm9yFqQAALVJw From: "Lever, Charles" To: "Steve Dickson" , Cc: , "linux-kernel" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Sep 2005 14:11:06.0517 (UTC) FILETIME=[79349C50:01C5BF7F] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1309 Lines: 29 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Dickson [mailto:SteveD@redhat.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:02 AM > To: linux-kernel > Cc: NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [NFS] Re: [PATCH] repair nfsd/sunrpc in > 2.6.14-rc2-mm1 (and other -mm versions) > > Max Kellermann wrote: > > Your -mm patches make the sunrpc client connect to the > portmapper with > > a non-privileged source port. This is due to a change in > > net/sunrpc/pmap_clnt.c, which manually resets the xprt->resvport > > field. My tiny patch removes this line. I have no idea > why the line > > was added in the first place, does somebody know better? > Yes this is a bug, since most Linux portmapper will not > allow ports to be set or unset using non-privilege ports. > But non-privilege ports can be used to get ports information. > So I would suggest the following patch that stops the > use of privileges ports on only get port requests. this was my patch (idea was steve's). i've already sent a fix to andrew. andrew please let me know if you haven't received it. - 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/