From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:32874 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932571Ab2JYPtv (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:49:51 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:49:47 -0400 From: "J. Bruce Fields" To: Jeff Layton Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] nfsd: add a usermodehelper upcall for NFSv4 client ID tracking Message-ID: <20121025154947.GD6846@fieldses.org> References: <1351089018-24551-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <1351089018-24551-2-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> <20121024210310.GG6697@fieldses.org> <20121025073936.4a57cf24@tlielax.poochiereds.net> <20121025150608.GB6846@fieldses.org> <20121025112706.086ab02a@corrin.poochiereds.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20121025112706.086ab02a@corrin.poochiereds.net> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:27:06AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote: > What disadvantages do you see in doing it the way I've proposed? Just a vague feeling, along the lines of: APIs can outlast implementations, and it'll take longer to rip this out if it has to be removed from both sides.... But it's just an environment variable, easy to ignore, I agree. I can live with it. --b.