Re: [PATCH 0/4 rpcbind] Supprt abstract addresses and disable broadcast

[Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>]

Hi Neil, Steve,

> Hey Neil,

> My apologies on addressing this...
> Too much PTO :-)

> On 2/25/24 6:53 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> > The first two patches here I wrote some years ago but never posted - sorry.
> > The third and fourth allow rpcbind to work with an abstract AF_UNIX
> > address as preferentially used by recent kernels.

> > NeilBrown


> >   [PATCH 1/4] manpage: describe use of extra port for broadcast rpc
> >   [PATCH 2/4] rpcbind: allow broadcast RPC to be disabled.
> You realize that the broadcast code is configured out by default
> ./configure  --help | grep rmt
>   --enable-rmtcalls       Enables Remote Calls [default=no]

> So do we want to introduce a flag and man page section
> for something that is off by default?

I would say man page does not harm.

If I'm not mistaken, it's disabled in openSUSE and Debian/Ubuntu, maybe
disabling flag is really not needed.

Kind regards,
Petr

> steved.
> >   [PATCH 3/4] Listen on an AF_UNIX abstract address if supported.
> >   [PATCH 4/4] rpcinfo: try connecting using abstract address.