Re: [PATCH 2/2] NFS: add a clientid mount option

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>]

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 08:49:51AM -0700, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> There is a lot of potential for tripping over your own shoelaces with
> this mount option.
> 
> I can't think of any circumstances where an ordinary user should need
> to set a different client identifier depending on the server. I too am
> therefore sceptical that anyone will need this functionality other than
> for kernel development purposes. It requires very deep knowledge of the
> NFSv4 protocol both to understand what it does,

I agree so far.

> and to stay out of
> trouble when using it.

But I don't really see the trouble when using it, except for the fact
that no one really should use it.

But hey, I can live with this not getting merged if the use case is
too narrow, at least it can be found now if someone needs it :)