linux-kernel - Re: [NFS] [PATCH 019 of 19] knfsd: Register all RPC programs with portmapper by default

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Date:	Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:13:34 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	Chuck Lever <chucklever@...il.com>
Cc:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Olaf Kirch <okir@...e.de>, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NFS] [PATCH 019 of 19] knfsd: Register all RPC programs with
	portmapper by default

On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 11:31 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:

> I don't like this.  The idea that multiple RPC services are listening
> on the same port is a total hack.  What other service might use this
> besides NFSACL?

Ermm... Any RPC server process that doesn't want to register with the
portmapper. The NFSv4 callback channel is one obvious candidate.

Cheers,
  Trond

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