From: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] Add /proc/sys/fs/nfs sysctls to nfsd module
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 19:55:47 +0200
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Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net, Chuck Lever <chucklever@gmail.com>
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> Note, however, that the entire sysctl should be unnecessary. Clients are
> supposed to tell the server how large a reply to return, by means of the
> 'maxcount' argument (see RFC1813). If the clients aren't doing that,
> then they really need to be fixed.

>From a distributor's point of view, waiting for the client vendor to
fix their bugs is often not the best way to go. People buying support
contracts expect a fix, no matter buy whom, they only want it NOW :-)
But I understand if you reject this for upstream.

Olaf
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