From: Rob Gardner Subject: Re: Virtual IPs and blocking locks Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 07:55:44 -0600 Message-ID: <4A1168E0.3090409@hp.com> References: <4A0D80B6.4070101@redhat.com> <4A0D9D63.1090102@hp.com> <4A11657B.4070002@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Cc: "linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org" To: "Sachin S. Prabhu" Return-path: Received: from g4t0015.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.18]:21065 "EHLO g4t0015.houston.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751270AbZERNyX (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 09:54:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A11657B.4070002@redhat.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: If the client gets a message from an IP address that he never sent a request to, he is correct to reject that message. Rob Sachin S. Prabhu wrote: > > However this still leaves the question of the client handling such a situation > where a callback is made from a different ip address. Should the client accept > such callbacks or is the current behaviour of rejecting these callbacks correct?