From: Wendy Cheng Subject: Re: [patch] fix statd -n Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 09:50:35 -0400 Message-ID: <4819CAAB.8010200@gmail.com> References: <24c1515f0804170938s23fe3ea3pfe77355ed01d8bbf@mail.gmail.com> <480902CA.1070805@redhat.com> <48090356.9020703@redhat.com> <20080418203225.GD28277@fieldses.org> <24c1515f0804181346g5867fa1fqfbbcd13af25027cb@mail.gmail.com> <20080421000214.GA5453@fieldses.org> <24c1515f0804281352u2d04ac89i820dc6807dde39f1@mail.gmail.com> <4817346F.5000101@netapp.com> <20080429161607.GA20420@fieldses.org> <24c1515f0805010557o5daf72f7hc3db5bf85354898e@mail.gmail.com> <24c1515f0805010628k6b57598btb27116c719b99fad@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" , Wendy Cheng , Peter Staubach , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org To: Janne Karhunen Return-path: Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37]:7861 "EHLO mx2.netapp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757423AbYEANs3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 May 2008 09:48:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <24c1515f0805010628k6b57598btb27116c719b99fad-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Janne Karhunen wrote: > Hi, > > So effectively, it makes me sleep better. With it: > - I can rely on clients identifying the server correctly, > - I'm not exposing out anything that is not needed, > - Can tell by the address what this traffic is, > - Can be sure that packets are sent out via right interface > > It might be even better if it would exit if -n is used when > no such interface is actually available. As I did it, it still > gambles here just as before. > > > Yep, understood. Linux NFS server failover was one of my painful projects (actually it was "the" one - so much work and so little result). But the flow you proposed confuses me. Reading the code right now (to refresh my memory).. Will get back to the list soon. -- Wendy