From: "Talpey, Thomas" Subject: Re: NFS mount problem (2000 NFS filesystems) of linux clients to a solaris server Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:04:59 -0500 Message-ID: References: <45F004BD.1070500@biochem.mpg.de> <45F15018.1060804@biochem.mpg.de> <200703091546.19536.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net To: Olaf Kirch Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list2-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HPgey-0002kp-T4 for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:05:33 -0800 Received: from mx2.netapp.com ([216.240.18.37]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HPgez-0006tH-SL for nfs@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:05:35 -0800 In-Reply-To: <200703091546.19536.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> References: <45F004BD.1070500@biochem.mpg.de> <45F15018.1060804@biochem.mpg.de> <200703091546.19536.olaf.kirch@oracle.com> 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 At 09:46 AM 3/9/2007, Olaf Kirch wrote: >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? Good question! There's already some checking for kernel version in that code to handle ancient-kernel compat, it certainly could be extended to this. Or tossed altogether. It certainly makes no sense for IPv6 or RDMA or ... Tom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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