Re: [PATCH 1/2] nfsd(7): minimal updates

Steve Dickson
2020-03-27T19:16:19Z

On 3/19/20 3:15 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@redhat.com>
>
> The nfsd(7) man page has some useful documentation of the files under
> /proc/fs/nfsd/ and proc/net/rpc, but it's many years out of date.
>
> As a start, banish any discussion of the long-deprecated nfsctl
> systemcall to a NOTES section at the end, and admit that there are more
> than 3 files under /proc/fs/nfsd/.
>
> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Committed... (tag: nfs-utils-2-4-4-rc2)

steved.
> ---
> utils/exportfs/nfsd.man | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man b/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man
> index 9efa29f9f01c..1392f3926053 100644
> --- a/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man
> +++ b/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man
> @@ -13,14 +13,8 @@ nfsd \- special filesystem for controlling Linux NFS server
> The
> .B nfsd
> filesystem is a special filesystem which provides access to the Linux
> -NFS server. The filesystem consists of a single directory which
> -contains a number of files. These files are actually gateways into
> -the NFS server. Writing to them can affect the server. Reading from
> -them can provide information about the server.
> -.P
> -This file system is only available in Linux 2.6 and later series
> -kernels (and in the later parts of the 2.5 development series leading
> -up to 2.6). This man page does not apply to 2.4 and earlier.
> +NFS server. Writing to files in this filesystem can affect the server.
> +Reading from them can provide information about the server.
> .P
> As well as this filesystem, there are a collection of files in the
> .B procfs
> @@ -38,13 +32,10 @@ filesystem mounted at
> .B /proc/fs/nfsd
> or
> .BR /proc/fs/nfs .
> -If it is not mounted, they will fall-back on 2.4 style functionality.
> -This involves accessing the NFS server via a systemcall. This
> -systemcall is scheduled to be removed after the 2.6 kernel series.
> .SH DETAILS
> -The three files in the
> +Files in the
> .B nfsd
> -filesystem are:
> +filesystem include:
> .TP
> .B exports
> This file contains a list of filesystems that are currently exported
> @@ -191,6 +182,16 @@ number represents a bit-pattern where bits that are set cause certain
> classes of tracing to be enabled. Consult the kernel header files to
> find out what number correspond to what tracing.
>
> +.SH NOTES
> +This file system is only available in Linux 2.6 and later series
> +kernels (and in the later parts of the 2.5 development series leading
> +up to 2.6). This man page does not apply to 2.4 and earlier.
> +.P
> +Previously the nfsctl systemcall was used for communication between nfsd
> +and user utilities. That systemcall was removed in kernel version 3.1.
> +Older nfs-utils versions were able to fall back to nfsctl if necessary;
> +that was removed from nfs-utils 1.3.5.
> +
> .SH SEE ALSO
> .BR nfsd (8),
> .BR rpc.nfsd (8),
>