From: "Janne Karhunen" Subject: Re: [patch] fix statd -n Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:31:40 -0400 Message-ID: <24c1515f0804181131i238a50a7v85ef80299ec2216f@mail.gmail.com> References: <24c1515f0804170938s23fe3ea3pfe77355ed01d8bbf@mail.gmail.com> <20080418173646.GC19038@fieldses.org> <24c1515f0804181111x465d7083o4b78e1ba36b51cb@mail.gmail.com> <20080418182550.GC24552@fieldses.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: "J. Bruce Fields" Return-path: Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.176]:5007 "EHLO wa-out-1112.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760456AbYDRSbk (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:31:40 -0400 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m16so1076499waf.23 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:31:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20080418182550.GC24552@fieldses.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 2:25 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > > /* > > * If a local hostname is given (-n option to statd), bind to > > the address > > * specified. This is required to support clients that ignore > > the mon_name in > > * the statd protocol but use the source address from the > > request packet. > > */ > > Weird--I dont' see that comment. All original nfs-utils-1.0.12 tarball; indeed strange. But to be honest, I don't instantly understand how this would work without -n at all (apart blind luck). INADDR_ANY has no guarantees.. -- // Janne