linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] NFS: remove RPC PipeFS mount point reference from blocklayout routines

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Date:	Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:19:25 -0500
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>, tao.peng@....com,
	skinsbursky@...allels.com, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	xemul@...allels.com, neilb@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jbottomley@...allels.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] NFS: remove RPC PipeFS mount point reference from
 blocklayout routines

On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 11:42 -0500, J. Bruce Fields wrote: 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:40:30AM -0500, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > I mean that I'm perfectly entitled to do
> > 
> > 'modprobe -r blocklayoutdriver'
> > 
> > and when I do that, then I expect blkmapd to close the rpc pipe and wait
> > for a new one to be created just like rpc.idmapd and rpc.gssd do when I
> > remove the nfs and sunrpc modules.
> 
> The rpc pipefs mount doesn't hold a reference on the sunrpc module?

I stand corrected: the mount does hold a reference to the sunrpc
module. 
However nothing holds a reference to the blocklayoutdriver module, so
the main point that the "blocklayout" pipe can disappear from underneath
the blkmapd stands.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
www.netapp.com

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