linux-kernel - Re: INFO: task hung in nbd

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Date:   Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:39:57 +0200
From:   Wouter Verhelst <w@...r.be>
To:     "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...hat.com>
Cc:     Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+24c12fa8d218ed26011a@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        axboe@...nel.dk, josef@...icpanda.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nbd@...er.debian.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: INFO: task hung in nbd_ioctl

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 03:03:30PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 04:19:25PM -0500, Mike Christie wrote:
> > Hey Josef and nbd list,
> > 
> > I had a question about if there are any socket family restrictions for nbd?
> 
> In normal circumstances, in userspace, the NBD protocol would only be
> used over AF_UNIX or AF_INET/AF_INET6.

Note that someone once also did work to make it work over SCTP. I
incorporated the patch into nbd-client and nbd-server, but never
actually tested it myself. I have no way of knowing if it even still
works anymore...

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