From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfsd: select CONFIG_PROC_FS in nfsv4 and gss server cases Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:26:44 -0500 Message-ID: <20071115222644.GH7128@fieldses.org> References: <1195163823-24609-1-git-send-email-bfields@citi.umich.edu> <1195163823-24609-2-git-send-email-bfields@citi.umich.edu> <1195163823-24609-3-git-send-email-bfields@citi.umich.edu> <1195163823-24609-4-git-send-email-bfields@citi.umich.edu> <1195163823-24609-5-git-send-email-bfields@citi.umich.edu> <1195163823-24609-6-git-send-email-bfields@citi.umich.edu> <1195164396.8905.62.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20071115222002.GG7128@fieldses.org> <1195165552.8905.65.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: Neil Brown , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, nfs@lists.sourceforge.net To: Trond Myklebust Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1195165552.8905.65.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net List-ID: On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:25:52PM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 17:20 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 05:06:36PM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 16:57 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > > > The server depends on upcalls under /proc to support nfsv4 and gss. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields > > > > --- > > > > fs/Kconfig | 2 ++ > > > > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig > > > > index 429a002..340b233 100644 > > > > --- a/fs/Kconfig > > > > +++ b/fs/Kconfig > > > > @@ -1670,6 +1670,8 @@ config NFSD > > > > select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4 > > > > select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4 > > > > select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4 > > > > + select PROC_FS if NFSD_V4 > > > > + select PROC_FS if SUNRPC_GSS > > > > help > > > > If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other > > > > computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain > > > > > > What if you just want it to act as a client? No need for PROC_FS then... > > > > We're inside the config NFSD clause, so if you really want *just* a > > client, then this doesn't change anything. > > Fair enough. I missed that. > > > So the problematic case would be if you want it to be both client and > > server, and want to use GSS on the client, but don't want to use GSS on > > the server, and don't want to compile in proc. > > > > Is that an important case? > > > > If so, OK, we can remove the "select PROC_FS if SUNRPC_GSS". But it > > might help to at least keep some documentation here though so people > > know they need proc if they expect GSS to work on the server. > > > > I suppose we could just add another "server-side gss support" config > > entry whose only reason for existance is to turn on PROC_FS. > > No need. OK, thanks for clarifying.--b. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs