Return-Path: trond.myklebust@primarydata.com MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:01:19 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mount default minor version behavior From: Trond Myklebust To: Benjamin Coddington Cc: Linux NFS Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 List-ID: Hi Ben, On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Benjamin Coddington wrote: > I will update mount.nfs so the default version is 4.1. I have two quick > questions on desired behavior: > > o Should mounts that do not specify a minor version be upgraded to the > default minor version? > > For example, should 'mount -overs=4' turn into 'mount -overs4.1', if the > current default is 4.1? > > > o If 'yes' to the above, should mount auto-retry decrementing minor > versions if EPROTONOSUPPORT? > > For example, 'mount -overs=4' with a default of 4.2 would attempt: 4.2, > then 4.1, then 4.0. > One thing you should note when doing this: the current parser for /etc/nfsmount.conf does not support minor versions. I think it needs to, so that we can continue to use it to set defaults. ...and to answer your questions above, I think that we should be able to specify a 'default nfsv4 minor version' in /etc/nfsmount.conf, and then negotiate down from there. IOW: extend the 'Defaultvers' and 'Nfsvers' options to support 4.0, 4.1, 4.2,.... The result should be that If I do 'mount -t nfs' with no '-overs' option, then we start at 4.1 (if that is the default in /etc/nfsmount.conf) and then try 4.0, 3, 2 in that order. If I do 'mount -t nfs -overs=4', then again consult /etc/nfsmount.conf; - if there is a default matching a v4 minor version, then start at that and negotiate down (but stop at 4.0). - if there is no default in /etc/nfsmount.conf, then perhaps assume a default of 0(????) Cheers Trond -- Trond Myklebust Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData trond.myklebust@primarydata.com