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From: Martin Wege <martin.l.wege@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 14:20:54 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] exports(5): update version information of "refer=" option
To: Chen Hanxiao <chenhx.fnst@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 11:12=E2=80=AFAM Chen Hanxiao <chenhx.fnst@fujitsu.=
com> wrote:
>
> "refer=3D" is a NFSv4-specific option (as per RFC 7530 section 8.4.3).
> Other client version will ignore this option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhx.fnst@fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  utils/exportfs/exports.man | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
> index 58537a22..c14769e5 100644
> --- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man
> +++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
> @@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ the given list an alternative location for the filesy=
stem.
>  filesystem is not required; so, for example,
>  .IR "mount --bind" " /path /path"
>  is sufficient.)
> +
> +This option affects only NFSv4 clients. Other clients will ignore
> +all "refer=3D" parts.

refer=3D should also have examples for IPv4 and IPv6, right now there
are zero examples

Thanks,
Martin