RE: [PATCH] NLM program ID for user space NLM server

[Menny Hamburger]

Hi,

We have a our own userland NFSD and NLM service running that implement
all the NLM/NFS functionality.
We do not want to modify the way the client does his mounts.

M.



-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Brown [mailto:neilb@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 12:03 PM
To: Menny Hamburger
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NLM program ID for user space NLM server

On Thursday May 10, menny@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Since the current kernel cannot be compiled with NFS client and 
> without lockd, it is not possible to register a user space NLM server 
> Without colliding with the kernel service registered in 
> .../fs/lockd/lockd.c.

This doesn't make any sense to me at all.
You can certainly have the NFS client compiled and even running without
lockd running (if you mount with "-o nolock") and in that case you are
free you register your owner user-space NLM server (though I'm not sure
what good it would do you).

And if you want to mount an NFS filesystem without "-o nolock", then you
really need the kernel lockd running, or locking will not work.

Can you explain what you are trying to do - I'm curious.

>  
> +#ifndef
>  #define NLM_PROGRAM		100021
> +#endif

Uhm...  Do you mean

  +#ifndef NLM_PROGRAM

??  Still not sure how that helps.

NeilBrown
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