From: Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@hammerspace.com>
To: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Cc: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nfs-utils v2 0/4] nfsdctl: properly handle older kernels that don't support min-threads
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:59:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0F38DF8F-44CB-4F99-8764-17F60C314ADE@hammerspace.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260204-minthreads-v2-0-a7eba34201e9@kernel.org>
On 4 Feb 2026, at 11:48, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Ben reported a problem with using new userland with old kernel. If he
> tried to send down a setting that the kernel doesn't support, it returns
> -EINVAL to the call.
>
> This patch series adds a mechanism for nfsdctl to tell what attributes
> are supported by the "threads" command. If can then use that to
> determine whether to pass down the min-threads attribute or report an
> error or warning.
>
> This also removes the dependency on the UAPI headers by properly
> maintaining the private nfsd_netlink.h file.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
I mean to send R-b and T-b on these - because yes, both were done!
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@hammerspace.com>
Tested-by: Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@hammerspace.com>
Ben
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-18 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-04 16:48 [PATCH nfs-utils v2 0/4] nfsdctl: properly handle older kernels that don't support min-threads Jeff Layton
2026-02-04 16:48 ` [PATCH nfs-utils v2 1/4] nfsdctl: unconditionally enable support for min-threads Jeff Layton
2026-02-04 16:48 ` [PATCH nfs-utils v2 2/4] nfsdctl: only resolve netlink family names once Jeff Layton
2026-02-04 16:48 ` [PATCH nfs-utils v2 3/4] nfsdctl: query netlink policy before sending the minthreads attribute to kernel Jeff Layton
2026-02-04 16:48 ` [PATCH nfs-utils v2 4/4] nfsdctl: remove unneeded newlines from xlog() format strings Jeff Layton
2026-02-18 14:19 ` [PATCH nfs-utils v2 0/4] nfsdctl: properly handle older kernels that don't support min-threads Jeff Layton
2026-02-18 17:26 ` Steve Dickson
2026-02-18 17:59 ` Benjamin Coddington [this message]
2026-02-23 15:19 ` Steve Dickson
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