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From: Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sunrpc svc: be quieter
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Trond,

Trond Myklebust wrote:
> They are probably trying to ping the server with a NULL procedure call
> to test for service availability. We should allow that particular
> usage...

Thanks, that sounds likely. Can you give some hints as to how a NULL 
procedure call might appear? Would testing for prog==0 and/or proc==0 be 
appropriate?

Daniel