Re: What's a good default TTL for DNS keys in the kernel

From: Florian Weimer
Date: Sat Apr 18 2020 - 14:11:06 EST


* Steve French:

>>> The question remains what the expected impact of TTL expiry is. Will
>>> the kernel just perform a new DNS query if it needs one?
>
> For SMB3/CIFS mounts, Paulo added support last year for automatic
> reconnect if the IP address of the server changes. It also is helpful
> when DFS (global name space) addresses change.

Do you have reference to the source code implementation? Thanks.

Florian