Re: [PATCH 0/3] Speed up detection of whether or not rpc.gssd is running

["J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>]

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 09:55:21AM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> 
> On May 15, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Trond Myklebust
> <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> wrote:
> 
> > Also fix the auth_gss pipe version detection so that it works
> > correctly in the presence of namespaces.
> 
> Obviously my preference is to keep the existing krb5i -> sys logic and
> to try to address the upcall timeout, so this is a good direction,
> IMO.
> 
> After some review, I'm still a little concerned about initialization
> races inappropriately preventing upcalls,

I don't understand what you're referring to--could you elaborate?

--b.

> but time (and testing) will
> tell.  I'm happy with this solution if you and Bruce are.
> 
> Speaking of testing, I can test this series if you think that would be
> valuable, but I assume that those who originally reported the timeout
> problem (Jeff and Steve) should be the ones to confirm whether this
> series addresses their concern.
> 
> 
> > Trond Myklebust (3): SUNRPC: Fix a bug in gss_create_upcall SUNRPC:
> > Faster detection if gssd is actually running SUNRPC: Convert
> > auth_gss pipe detection to work in namespaces
> > 
> > net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c | 62
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- net/sunrpc/netns.h
> > |  4 +++ net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c          |  5 ++++ 3 files changed,
> > 50 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> -- Chuck Lever chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com
> 
> 
> 
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