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Subject: Re: [nfs-utils RPC-PATCH 0/4] Add options to nfsd etc to avoid needing to write to /proc
From: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>
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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 08:11:47 -0500
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On Feb 20, 2014, at 1:36, Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> wrote:

> There are a number of NFS-related setting that currently must be set
> by writing to various files under /proc.
> This is a bit clumsy, particularly for systemd unit files.
> 
> So this series adds options to a number of commands where relevant.
> 
> The first two (rdma, and  nfsv4{grace,lease}time) I am quite comfortable with.
> The third (nlm grace time) I think is probably right but if someone can argue
> an alternate approach I'm unlikely to resist.
> The fourth is .... uhm.  You better look yourself.
> 
> Part of me thinks that nlm port numbers should be set in /etc/sysctl.conf (or sysctl.d)
> and /etc/modprobe.d should have something like
> 
> install lockd  sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/lockd
> 
> but last time I tried that it broke "modprobe --show-depends".
> Also it is awkward to get setting from /etc/sysconfig/nfs into /etc/sysctl.d/lockd
> 
> Thoughts?

Why not just do most of this at module load time with something like "modprobe lockd lockd.nlm_grace_period=<nsecs> lockd.nlm_tcpport=<portnr> ???
Better yet, add/edit appropriate entries in /etc/modprobe.conf.d at system setup time.

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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
trond.myklebust@primarydata.com