linux-kernel - Re: in-kernel rpc.statd

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Date:	Sun, 03 Sep 2006 23:55:24 +0200
From:	Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@...a.inka.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: in-kernel rpc.statd

In article <Pine.LNX.4.61.0609032255010.6844@...hk01.tjqt.qr> you wrote:
> Hm. I do not have a rpc.statd userspace program nor kernel daemon (running 
> on 2.6.17-vanilla). Yet everything is working. Is there a specific need for 
> statd?

It is more or less an uptime notification protocol for NFS locks. I think
NFS clients can recover from a reboot without the help of the statd in most
situations.

Gruss
Bernd

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