linux-kernel - Re: [Nbd] [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] nbd improvements

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:02:19 -0500
From:   Eric Blake <eblake@...hat.com>
To:     Wouter Verhelst <w@...r.be>, Alex Bligh <alex@...x.org.uk>
Cc:     "nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, mpa@...gutronix.de, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [Nbd] [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] nbd improvements

On 09/15/2016 11:27 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 05:08:21PM +0100, Alex Bligh wrote:
>> Wouter,
>>
>>> The server can always refuse to allow multiple connections.
>>
>> Sure, but it would be neater to warn the client of that at negotiation
>> stage (it would only be one flag, e.g.  'multiple connections
>> unsafe').
> 
> I suppose that's not a bad idea.

Seems like it may need to be a per-export flag, rather than a global
flag (as a given server may be able to serve multiple types of files,
where the safety depends on the type of file being served).


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