From: Chuck Lever Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:32:03 +0000 (-0400) Subject: NFSD: Note an additional requirement when passing TCP sockets to portlist X-Git-Tag: v2.6.31-rc1~57^2~50 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c71206a7b4e829601e44c49d8a0f4df0fdfe9302;p=karo-tx-linux.git NFSD: Note an additional requirement when passing TCP sockets to portlist User space must call listen(3) on SOCK_STREAM sockets passed into /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist, otherwise that listener is ignored. Document this. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields --- diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c index b6a847faa0bb..d491fa9df9bd 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c @@ -1061,7 +1061,9 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size) * buf: C string containing an unsigned * integer value representing a bound * but unconnected socket that is to be - * used as an NFSD listener + * used as an NFSD listener; listen(3) + * must be called for a SOCK_STREAM + * socket, otherwise it is ignored * size: non-zero length of C string in @buf * Output: * On success: NFS service is started;