cvs commit: src/sys/nfsclient nfs_socket.c

[Robert Watson]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Don Lewis wrote:

>>> Unlikely, the source of such a problem is probably that the order of
>>> mounted filesystems has changed and a different fsid was given to your
>>> exported fs.
>>>
>>> One way to fix it is to make sure that your fses are mounted in the
>>> right order each time.  Or you can do a hack whereby exporting loads the
>>> fsid from a persistent file in the filesystem.
>>
>> I've been wondering for a while about the best way to address this, and 
>> a possible start is to, on mount, attempt to derive the fsid from the 
>> uuid of the file system (if present).  We would need to then detect 
>> collisions at run-time and fall back to an alternative fsid.  The 
>> chances of a collision are fairly low, so it might be an improvement 
>> over current behavior.
>
> Why not specify the fsid as an option in /etc/exports?

The perils of manual configuration?

Robert N M Watson