linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] NFS is creating a hidden port (left over from xs

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Message-ID: <20150617230819.0a11e47a@grimm.local.home>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2015 23:08:19 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...marydata.com>,
	Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
	Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Network Devel Mailing List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] NFS is creating a hidden port (left over from
 xs_bind() )

On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:50:38 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> I reverted the following commits:
> 
> c627d31ba0696cbd829437af2be2f2dee3546b1e
> 9e2b9f37760e129cee053cc7b6e7288acc2a7134
> caf4ccd4e88cf2795c927834bc488c8321437586
> 
> And the issue goes away. That is, I watched the port go from
> ESTABLISHED to TIME_WAIT, and then gone, and theirs no hidden port.
> 
> In fact, I watched the port with my portlist.c module, and it
> disappeared there too when it entered the TIME_WAIT state.
> 

I've been running v4.0.5 with the above commits reverted for 5 days
now, and there's still no hidden port appearing.

What's the status on this? Should those commits be reverted or is there
another solution to this bug?

-- Steve
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