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* [PATCH] exports(5): update version information of "refer=" option
@ 2024-02-28 10:09 Chen Hanxiao
  2024-03-03 13:20 ` Martin Wege
  2024-03-15 13:12 ` Steve Dickson
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chen Hanxiao @ 2024-02-28 10:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steve Dickson; +Cc: linux-nfs

"refer=" is a NFSv4-specific option (as per RFC 7530 section 8.4.3).
Other client version will ignore this option.

Signed-off-by: Chen Hanxiao <chenhx.fnst@fujitsu.com>
---
 utils/exportfs/exports.man | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
index 58537a22..c14769e5 100644
--- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ the given list an alternative location for the filesystem.
 filesystem is not required; so, for example,
 .IR "mount --bind" " /path /path"
 is sufficient.)
+
+This option affects only NFSv4 clients. Other clients will ignore
+all "refer=" parts.
 .TP
 .IR replicas= path@host[+host][:path@host[+host]]
 If the client asks for alternative locations for the export point, it
-- 
2.43.0


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