From: Olaf Kirch Subject: Re: NFS mount problem (2000 NFS filesystems) of linux clients to a solaris server Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:46:18 +0100 Message-ID: <200703091546.19536.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> References: <45F004BD.1070500@biochem.mpg.de> <45F15018.1060804@biochem.mpg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HPgO4-0000pq-Pq for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:48:04 -0800 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HPgO5-0006PX-MC for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:48:07 -0800 Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l29ElOO4001196 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 08:47:24 -0600 Received: from rcsmt250.oracle.com (rcsmt250.oracle.com [148.87.90.195]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l29E5mYO000586 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 07:47:23 -0700 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: nfs-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net On Friday 09 March 2007 14:09, Talpey, Thomas wrote: > The mount command creates and binds a socket in userspace, then > passes it to the kernel for connecting to the server. Newer kernels > don't use this socket however, and it is closed when the mount > completes. However, it's a TCP socket and is bound to a privileged > port, the socket isn't destroyed immediately, it sticks around for > a short time. Why do we keep creating those at all? Olaf -- Olaf Kirch | --- o --- Nous sommes du soleil we love when we play okir@lst.de | / | \ sol.dhoop.naytheet.ah kin.ir.samse.qurax ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs