Re: Linux 2.6.11

[Trond Myklebust]

su den 06.03.2005 Klokka 00:19 (+0000) skreiv J.A. Magallon:

> static int __init init_nfsd(void)
> {
> ...
>     if (proc_mkdir("fs/nfs", NULL)) {
>         struct proc_dir_entry *entry;
>         entry = create_proc_entry("fs/nfs/exports", 0, NULL);
>         if (entry)
>             entry->proc_fops =  &exports_operations;
>     }
> ...
> 
> But nfs-utils 1.0.7 say that you can mount nfsd at /proc/fs/nfsd.
> What 'exports' would kernel use ? Just duplicate info or a bug ?

Not sure why /proc/fs/nfs was originally chosen (perhaps Neil knows?),
but the above code has nothing to do with where you mount the "nfsd"
filesystem. It is rather part of the legacy support for older versions
of nfs-utils.

We should aim to deprecate it at some point soon.

Cheers,
  Trond

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Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>

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