review of nfsd rc.d script patch

Chris Rees crees at bayofrum.net
Sun Jun 17 20:40:34 UTC 2018


Hi Rick,

On 15/06/2018 21:53, Rick Macklem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For the pNFS service MDS machine, the nfsd can't be started until all nfs mounts
> in /etc/fstab are done.
> I think that adding "mountcritremote" to the "# REQUIRE:" line is sufficient to do this?
>
> I don't think delaying the startup of the nfsd daemon until after any NFS mounts
> are done will do any harm, but if others think it would be a POLA violation,
> I could make this dependent on the pNFS service being enabled.
> Does anyone think this would cause a POLA violation?
>
> If someone familiar with the rc scripts could review this little patch, it would be
> appreciated:
> --- nfsd.old	2018-06-15 16:07:54.279786000 -0400
> +++ nfsd	2018-06-15 16:08:43.934603000 -0400
> @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
>  #
>  
>  # PROVIDE: nfsd
> -# REQUIRE: mountd hostname gssd nfsuserd
> +# REQUIRE: mountcritremote mountd hostname gssd nfsuserd
>  # KEYWORD: nojail shutdown
>  
>  . /etc/rc.subr

Isn't this going to break local nfs mounts?

Chris

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