From c71206a7b4e829601e44c49d8a0f4df0fdfe9302 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chuck Lever Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:32:03 -0400 Subject: NFSD: Note an additional requirement when passing TCP sockets to portlist User space must call listen(3) on SOCK_STREAM sockets passed into /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist, otherwise that listener is ignored. Document this. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields --- fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/nfsd') diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c index b6a847faa0b..d491fa9df9b 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c @@ -1061,7 +1061,9 @@ static ssize_t __write_ports(struct file *file, char *buf, size_t size) * buf: C string containing an unsigned * integer value representing a bound * but unconnected socket that is to be - * used as an NFSD listener + * used as an NFSD listener; listen(3) + * must be called for a SOCK_STREAM + * socket, otherwise it is ignored * size: non-zero length of C string in @buf * Output: * On success: NFS service is started; -- cgit v1.2.3