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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst (renamed from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt) | 85 |
3 files changed, 54 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst index 4405b7485312..4433f3929481 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking. device-mapper/index efi-stub ext4 + nfs/index gpio/index highuid hw_random diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2fe77091c25c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +============= +NFS +============= + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + nfs-client diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst index f2571c8bef74..c4b777c7584b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@ +========== +NFS Client +========== The NFS client ============== @@ -59,10 +62,11 @@ The DNS resolver NFSv4 allows for one server to refer the NFS client to data that has been migrated onto another server by means of the special "fs_locations" -attribute. See - http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6 -and - http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00 +attribute. See `RFC3530 Section 6: Filesystem Migration and Replication`_ and +`Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4`_. + +.. _RFC3530 Section 6\: Filesystem Migration and Replication: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6 +.. _Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00 The fs_locations information can take the form of either an ip address and a path, or a DNS hostname and a path. The latter requires the NFS client to @@ -78,8 +82,8 @@ Assuming that the user has the 'rpc_pipefs' filesystem mounted in the usual (2) If no valid entry exists, the helper script '/sbin/nfs_cache_getent' (may be changed using the 'nfs.cache_getent' kernel boot parameter) is run, with two arguments: - - the cache name, "dns_resolve" - - the hostname to resolve + - the cache name, "dns_resolve" + - the hostname to resolve (3) After looking up the corresponding ip address, the helper script writes the result into the rpc_pipefs pseudo-file @@ -94,43 +98,44 @@ Assuming that the user has the 'rpc_pipefs' filesystem mounted in the usual script, and <ttl> is the 'time to live' of this cache entry (in units of seconds). - Note: If <ip address> is invalid, say the string "0", then a negative - entry is created, which will cause the kernel to treat the hostname - as having no valid DNS translation. + .. note:: + If <ip address> is invalid, say the string "0", then a negative + entry is created, which will cause the kernel to treat the hostname + as having no valid DNS translation. A basic sample /sbin/nfs_cache_getent ===================================== - -#!/bin/bash -# -ttl=600 -# -cut=/usr/bin/cut -getent=/usr/bin/getent -rpc_pipefs=/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs -# -die() -{ - echo "Usage: $0 cache_name entry_name" - exit 1 -} - -[ $# -lt 2 ] && die -cachename="$1" -cache_path=${rpc_pipefs}/cache/${cachename}/channel - -case "${cachename}" in - dns_resolve) - name="$2" - result="$(${getent} hosts ${name} | ${cut} -f1 -d\ )" - [ -z "${result}" ] && result="0" - ;; - *) - die - ;; -esac -echo "${result} ${name} ${ttl}" >${cache_path} - +.. code-block:: sh + + #!/bin/bash + # + ttl=600 + # + cut=/usr/bin/cut + getent=/usr/bin/getent + rpc_pipefs=/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs + # + die() + { + echo "Usage: $0 cache_name entry_name" + exit 1 + } + + [ $# -lt 2 ] && die + cachename="$1" + cache_path=${rpc_pipefs}/cache/${cachename}/channel + + case "${cachename}" in + dns_resolve) + name="$2" + result="$(${getent} hosts ${name} | ${cut} -f1 -d\ )" + [ -z "${result}" ] && result="0" + ;; + *) + die + ;; + esac + echo "${result} ${name} ${ttl}" >${cache_path} |