[Devel] [PATCH] nfsd: check client tracker initialization result

Stanislav Kinsbursky skinsbursky at parallels.com
Tue Mar 5 22:18:38 PST 2013


06.03.2013 09:06, Stanislav Kinsbursky пишет:
> 06.03.2013 01:20, J. Bruce Fields пишет:
>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 03:09:59PM +0300, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
>>> Function nfsd4_client_tracking_init() can return error.
>>
>> Before, I think that we the nfsd4_client_* functions just became no-ops
>> in this case.  With the result that no client records get written, and
>> so clients are unable to reclaim on the next boot.
>>
>> Which is annoying, but possibly not as annoying as your server
>> completely refusing to start.
>>
>> It's arguably more helpful in the long run to fail immediately when we
>> recognize reboot recovery isn't going to work.  But in practice this may
>> mean people that never knew they had a problem suddenly have servers
>> that don't start at all.
>>
>> So I'm inclined to be more forgiving and leave this as it is.  But maybe
>> something like a warning printk would be appropriate.
>>
>
> Ok then.
> I'll add the warning anf convert the function to be "void" rather then "int".
> Thanks!
>

We already have a warning.
So, probably all we need is just to change a prototype to make it less confusing.
Is it ok?

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Best regards,
Stanislav Kinsbursky



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