From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-gh0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:38295 "EHLO mail-gh0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751821Ab2JALw5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2012 07:52:57 -0400 Received: by mail-gh0-f174.google.com with SMTP id g15so1356084ghb.19 for ; Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:52:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Layton To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 6/6] nfsdcltrack: update the README about server startup order Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 07:52:45 -0400 Message-Id: <1349092365-23920-7-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1349092365-23920-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> References: <1349092365-23920-1-git-send-email-jlayton@redhat.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: If we eventually deprecate nfsdcld, then we can just remove this section I think. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton --- README | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index e55b2dd..f997783 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ scripts can be written to work correctly. E/ nfsdcld This daemon is only needed on kernels that support the nfsdcld - upcall, and only if the legacy client ID tracking isn't used. It - is also not needed if the server does not support NFSv4. + upcall, and only if the legacy client ID tracking and nfsdcltrack + aren't used. It is also not needed if the server does not support + NFSv4. To determine whether you need this or not, do the following: @@ -124,7 +125,12 @@ scripts can be written to work correctly. # cat /proc/fs/nfsd/nfsv4recoverydir If that file is not present, or the directory that the above command - outputs is not present, then this daemon is required in order to + outputs is not present, then check this: + + # modinfo nfsd | grep cltrack_prog + + to see whether the kernel supports the nfsdcltrack upcall. If + none of those are configured then this daemon is required in order to support lock recovery by the clients when the server reboots. F/ rpc.nfsd -- 1.7.11.4