From: "J. Bruce Fields" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] nfs-utils: query for remote port using rpcbind instead of getaddrinfo Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:32:53 -0400 Message-ID: <20090407163253.GD24157@fieldses.org> References: <1239117946-7535-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1239117946-7535-4-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <41F98279-F000-4C1C-8E44-3568C89FC2BD@oracle.com> <20090407162005.GC24157@fieldses.org> <65C78FA4-2A84-498E-8857-BBB6F59B206C@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Jeff Layton , linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, nfsv4@linux-nfs.org To: Chuck Lever Return-path: Received: from mail.fieldses.org ([141.211.133.115]:56987 "EHLO pickle.fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753070AbZDGQcz (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:32:55 -0400 In-Reply-To: <65C78FA4-2A84-498E-8857-BBB6F59B206C@oracle.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 12:29:23PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote: > On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:20 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: >> In recent kernels that information is in the "info" file for the given >> client in rpc_pipefs. Kevin and Olga have patches to support that in >> gssd, if they aren't already in upstream nfs-utils. > > The issue is we're not exactly sure what value the kernel is passing up > in the info file. It seems to change over time. I don't understand. How does it change over time? --b.