Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove NFS v2 support from the client and server

[Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>]

On 12/8/21 11:30, Steve Dickson wrote:
> These patches will remove the all references and
> support of NFS v2 in both the server and client.
> 
> On server side the support has been off, by default,
> since 2013 (6b4e4965a6b). With this server patch the
> ability to enable v2 will be remove.
> 
> Currently even with CONFIG_NFS_V2 not set
> v2 mounts are still tied (over-the-wire). I looked at creating
> a kernel parameter module so support could re-enabled
> but that got ugly quick.
> 
> On the client, the -o v2 option is still a
> valid option because unknown mount options
> are passed to the kernel which will cause an
> actual mount to happen.
> 
> But the option has been removed from the man
> pages will cause the mount to fail with
> "NFS version is not supported"
> 
> I guess the only question left is does there
> need some type compilation flag or config flag
> that would re-enable the support. I'm thinking not.
> 
> Steve Dickson (3):
>    nfsd: Remove the ability to enable NFS v2.
>    nfs.man: Remove references to NFS v2 from the man pages
>    mount: Remove NFS v2 support from mount.nfs
> 
>   nfs.conf                  |  1 -
>   utils/mount/configfile.c  |  2 +-
>   utils/mount/mount.nfs.man |  2 +-
>   utils/mount/network.c     |  4 ++--
>   utils/mount/nfs.man       | 20 +++-----------------
>   utils/mount/nfsmount.conf |  2 +-
>   utils/mount/stropts.c     | 10 +++++++++-
>   utils/nfsd/nfsd.c         |  2 --
>   utils/nfsd/nfsd.man       |  4 ++--
>   9 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 
Committed.... (tag: nfs-utils-2-5-5-rc5)

steved.