* [PATCH v2 0/8] Documentation: nfs: Convert a few documents to RST and move them to admin-guide
@ 2019-12-30 4:55 Daniel W. S. Almeida
2019-12-30 4:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] Documentation: convert nfs.txt to ReST Daniel W. S. Almeida
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From: Daniel W. S. Almeida @ 2019-12-30 4:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
This series converts a few docs in Documentation/filesystems/nfs to RST.
The docs were also moved into admin-guide because they contain information
that might be useful for system administrators
Most changes are related to aesthetics and presentation, i.e. the content
itself remains mostly untouched. The use of markup was limited in order
not to negatively impact the plain-text reading experience.
Changes in v2
-------------
Also convert pnfs-block-server.txt, pnfs-scsi-server.txt and fault_injection.txt
Daniel W. S. Almeida (8):
Documentation: convert nfs.txt to ReST
Documentation: nfsroot.txt: convert to ReST
Documentation: nfs-rdma: convert to ReST
Documentation: convert nfsd-admin-interfaces to ReST
Documentation: nfs: idmapper: convert to ReST
Documentation: nfs: convert pnfs-block-server to ReST
Documentation: nfs: pnfs-scsi-server: convert to ReST
Documentation: nfs: fault_injection: convert to ReST
Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 +
.../nfs/fault_injection.rst} | 5 +-
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 16 +
.../nfs/nfs-client.rst} | 91 +++---
.../nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst} | 31 +-
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst | 290 ++++++++++++++++++
.../nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst} | 19 +-
.../nfs/nfsroot.rst} | 140 +++++----
.../nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst} | 25 +-
.../nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst} | 1 +
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt | 274 -----------------
11 files changed, 475 insertions(+), 418 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/fault_injection.txt => admin-guide/nfs/fault_injection.rst} (98%)
create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst} (72%)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst} (81%)
create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst} (70%)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst} (83%)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/pnfs-block-server.txt => admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst} (80%)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.txt => admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst} (97%)
delete mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
--
2.24.1
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* [PATCH v2 1/8] Documentation: convert nfs.txt to ReST
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@ 2019-12-30 4:55 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
2019-12-30 19:12 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-12-30 4:55 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] Documentation: nfsroot.txt: convert " Daniel W. S. Almeida
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From: Daniel W. S. Almeida @ 2019-12-30 4:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
This patch converts nfs.txt to RST. It also moves it to admin-guide.
The reason for moving it is because this document contains information
useful for system administrators, as noted on the following paragraph:
'The purpose of this document is to provide information on some of the
special features of the NFS client that can be configured by system
administrators'.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 9 ++
.../nfs/nfs-client.rst} | 91 ++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst} (72%)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
index 4405b7485312..4433f3929481 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
device-mapper/index
efi-stub
ext4
+ nfs/index
gpio/index
highuid
hw_random
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f5c0180f4e5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+=============
+NFS
+=============
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 1
+
+ nfs-client
+
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst
similarity index 72%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst
index f2571c8bef74..f01bf6a6c207 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+==========
+NFS Client
+==========
The NFS client
==============
@@ -59,10 +62,11 @@ The DNS resolver
NFSv4 allows for one server to refer the NFS client to data that has been
migrated onto another server by means of the special "fs_locations"
-attribute. See
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6
-and
- http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00
+attribute. See `RFC3530 Section 6: Filesystem Migration and Replication`_ and
+`Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4`_.
+
+.. _RFC3530 Section 6\: Filesystem Migration and Replication: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6
+.. _Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00
The fs_locations information can take the form of either an ip address and
a path, or a DNS hostname and a path. The latter requires the NFS client to
@@ -72,16 +76,16 @@ upcall to allow userland to provide this service.
Assuming that the user has the 'rpc_pipefs' filesystem mounted in the usual
/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs, the upcall consists of the following steps:
- (1) The process checks the dns_resolve cache to see if it contains a
+ #. The process checks the dns_resolve cache to see if it contains a
valid entry. If so, it returns that entry and exits.
- (2) If no valid entry exists, the helper script '/sbin/nfs_cache_getent'
+ #. If no valid entry exists, the helper script '/sbin/nfs_cache_getent'
(may be changed using the 'nfs.cache_getent' kernel boot parameter)
is run, with two arguments:
- - the cache name, "dns_resolve"
- - the hostname to resolve
+ - the cache name, "dns_resolve"
+ - the hostname to resolve
- (3) After looking up the corresponding ip address, the helper script
+ #. After looking up the corresponding ip address, the helper script
writes the result into the rpc_pipefs pseudo-file
'/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/cache/dns_resolve/channel'
in the following (text) format:
@@ -94,43 +98,44 @@ Assuming that the user has the 'rpc_pipefs' filesystem mounted in the usual
script, and <ttl> is the 'time to live' of this cache entry (in
units of seconds).
- Note: If <ip address> is invalid, say the string "0", then a negative
- entry is created, which will cause the kernel to treat the hostname
- as having no valid DNS translation.
+ .. note::
+ If <ip address> is invalid, say the string "0", then a negative
+ entry is created, which will cause the kernel to treat the hostname
+ as having no valid DNS translation.
A basic sample /sbin/nfs_cache_getent
=====================================
-
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-ttl=600
-#
-cut=/usr/bin/cut
-getent=/usr/bin/getent
-rpc_pipefs=/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
-#
-die()
-{
- echo "Usage: $0 cache_name entry_name"
- exit 1
-}
-
-[ $# -lt 2 ] && die
-cachename="$1"
-cache_path=${rpc_pipefs}/cache/${cachename}/channel
-
-case "${cachename}" in
- dns_resolve)
- name="$2"
- result="$(${getent} hosts ${name} | ${cut} -f1 -d\ )"
- [ -z "${result}" ] && result="0"
- ;;
- *)
- die
- ;;
-esac
-echo "${result} ${name} ${ttl}" >${cache_path}
-
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ #!/bin/bash
+ #
+ ttl=600
+ #
+ cut=/usr/bin/cut
+ getent=/usr/bin/getent
+ rpc_pipefs=/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
+ #
+ die()
+ {
+ echo "Usage: $0 cache_name entry_name"
+ exit 1
+ }
+
+ [ $# -lt 2 ] && die
+ cachename="$1"
+ cache_path=${rpc_pipefs}/cache/${cachename}/channel
+
+ case "${cachename}" in
+ dns_resolve)
+ name="$2"
+ result="$(${getent} hosts ${name} | ${cut} -f1 -d\ )"
+ [ -z "${result}" ] && result="0"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ die
+ ;;
+ esac
+ echo "${result} ${name} ${ttl}" >${cache_path}
--
2.24.1
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* [PATCH v2 2/8] Documentation: nfsroot.txt: convert to ReST
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2019-12-30 4:55 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] Documentation: convert nfs.txt to ReST Daniel W. S. Almeida
@ 2019-12-30 4:55 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
2019-12-30 19:18 ` Jonathan Corbet
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From: Daniel W. S. Almeida @ 2019-12-30 4:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert nfsroot.txt to RST and move it to admin-guide. Content remains
mostly the same.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
.../nfs/nfsroot.rst} | 140 ++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst} (83%)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index f5c0180f4e5e..c2b87e9f0fed 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ NFS
:maxdepth: 1
nfs-client
+ nfsroot
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst
similarity index 83%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst
index ae4332464560..85d834ad3d03 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
+===============================================
Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nfsroot)
===============================================
-Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
-Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
-Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
-Updated 2006 by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
-Updated 2018 by Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
+:Authors:
+ Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
+
+ Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+
+ Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
+
+ Updated 2006 by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
+
+ Updated 2018 by Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
In order to use a diskless system, such as an X-terminal or printer server
for example, it is necessary for the root filesystem to be present on a
-non-disk device. This may be an initramfs (see Documentation/filesystems/
-ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt), a ramdisk (see Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst) or a
+non-disk device. This may be an initramfs (see Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt`),
+a ramdisk (see Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst) or a
filesystem mounted via NFS. The following text describes on how to use NFS
for the root filesystem. For the rest of this text 'client' means the
diskless system, and 'server' means the NFS server.
@@ -20,8 +26,8 @@ diskless system, and 'server' means the NFS server.
-1.) Enabling nfsroot capabilities
- -----------------------------
+Enabling nfsroot capabilities
+=============================
In order to use nfsroot, NFS client support needs to be selected as
built-in during configuration. Once this has been selected, the nfsroot
@@ -34,8 +40,8 @@ DHCP, BOOTP and RARP is safe.
-2.) Kernel command line
- -------------------
+Kernel command line
+===================
When the kernel has been loaded by a boot loader (see below) it needs to be
told what root fs device to use. And in the case of nfsroot, where to find
@@ -44,19 +50,17 @@ This can be established using the following kernel command line parameters:
root=/dev/nfs
-
This is necessary to enable the pseudo-NFS-device. Note that it's not a
real device but just a synonym to tell the kernel to use NFS instead of
a real device.
nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
-
If the `nfsroot' parameter is NOT given on the command line,
- the default "/tftpboot/%s" will be used.
+ the default ``"/tftpboot/%s"`` will be used.
<server-ip> Specifies the IP address of the NFS server.
- The default address is determined by the `ip' parameter
+ The default address is determined by the ip parameter
(see below). This parameter allows the use of different
servers for IP autoconfiguration and NFS.
@@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
<nfs-options> Standard NFS options. All options are separated by commas.
The following defaults are used:
+
+ ::
+
port = as given by server portmap daemon
rsize = 4096
wsize = 4096
@@ -79,13 +86,11 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
flags = hard, nointr, noposix, cto, ac
-ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
- <dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip>:<ntp0-ip>
-
+ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:<dns0-ip>:<dns1-ip>:<ntp0-ip>
This parameter tells the kernel how to configure IP addresses of devices
and also how to set up the IP routing table. It was originally called
- `nfsaddrs', but now the boot-time IP configuration works independently of
- NFS, so it was renamed to `ip' and the old name remained as an alias for
+ nfsaddrs, but now the boot-time IP configuration works independently of
+ NFS, so it was renamed to ip and the old name remained as an alias for
compatibility reasons.
If this parameter is missing from the kernel command line, all fields are
@@ -93,17 +98,17 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
this means that the kernel tries to configure everything using
autoconfiguration.
- The <autoconf> parameter can appear alone as the value to the `ip'
+ The <autoconf> parameter can appear alone as the value to the ip
parameter (without all the ':' characters before). If the value is
"ip=off" or "ip=none", no autoconfiguration will take place, otherwise
autoconfiguration will take place. The most common way to use this
is "ip=dhcp".
<client-ip> IP address of the client.
-
Default: Determined using autoconfiguration.
- <server-ip> IP address of the NFS server. If RARP is used to determine
+ <server-ip> IP address of the NFS server.
+ If RARP is used to determine
the client address and this parameter is NOT empty only
replies from the specified server are accepted.
@@ -115,19 +120,19 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
(see below).
Default: Determined using autoconfiguration.
- The address of the autoconfiguration server is used.
+ The address of the autoconfiguration server is used.
<gw-ip> IP address of a gateway if the server is on a different subnet.
-
Default: Determined using autoconfiguration.
- <netmask> Netmask for local network interface. If unspecified
- the netmask is derived from the client IP address assuming
- classful addressing.
+ <netmask> Netmask for local network interface.
+ If unspecified the netmask is derived from the client IP address
+ assuming classful addressing.
Default: Determined using autoconfiguration.
- <hostname> Name of the client. If a '.' character is present, anything
+ <hostname> Name of the client.
+ If a '.' character is present, anything
before the first '.' is used as the client's hostname, and anything
after it is used as its NIS domain name. May be supplied by
autoconfiguration, but its absence will not trigger autoconfiguration.
@@ -138,21 +143,21 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
Default: Client IP address is used in ASCII notation.
<device> Name of network device to use.
-
Default: If the host only has one device, it is used.
- Otherwise the device is determined using
- autoconfiguration. This is done by sending
- autoconfiguration requests out of all devices,
- and using the device that received the first reply.
-
- <autoconf> Method to use for autoconfiguration. In the case of options
- which specify multiple autoconfiguration protocols,
+ Otherwise the device is determined using
+ autoconfiguration. This is done by sending
+ autoconfiguration requests out of all devices,
+ and using the device that received the first reply.
+
+ <autoconf> Method to use for autoconfiguration.
+ In the case of options
+ which specify multiple autoconfiguration protocols,
requests are sent using all protocols, and the first one
to reply is used.
Only autoconfiguration protocols that have been compiled
into the kernel will be used, regardless of the value of
- this option.
+ this option::
off or none: don't use autoconfiguration
(do static IP assignment instead)
@@ -221,7 +226,6 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>:
nfsrootdebug
-
This parameter enables debugging messages to appear in the kernel
log at boot time so that administrators can verify that the correct
NFS mount options, server address, and root path are passed to the
@@ -229,36 +233,32 @@ nfsrootdebug
rdinit=<executable file>
-
To specify which file contains the program that starts system
initialization, administrators can use this command line parameter.
The default value of this parameter is "/init". If the specified
file exists and the kernel can execute it, root filesystem related
- kernel command line parameters, including `nfsroot=', are ignored.
+ kernel command line parameters, including 'nfsroot=', are ignored.
A description of the process of mounting the root file system can be
- found in:
-
- Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst
-
+ found in Documentation/driver-api/early-userspace/early_userspace_support.rst
-
-3.) Boot Loader
- ----------
+Boot Loader
+===========
To get the kernel into memory different approaches can be used.
They depend on various facilities being available:
-3.1) Booting from a floppy using syslinux
+#. Booting from a floppy using syslinux
When building kernels, an easy way to create a boot floppy that uses
syslinux is to use the zdisk or bzdisk make targets which use zimage
and bzimage images respectively. Both targets accept the
FDARGS parameter which can be used to set the kernel command line.
- e.g.
+ e.g::
+
make bzdisk FDARGS="root=/dev/nfs"
Note that the user running this command will need to have
@@ -267,32 +267,36 @@ They depend on various facilities being available:
For more information on syslinux, including how to create bootdisks
for prebuilt kernels, see http://syslinux.zytor.com/
- N.B: Previously it was possible to write a kernel directly to
- a floppy using dd, configure the boot device using rdev, and
- boot using the resulting floppy. Linux no longer supports this
- method of booting.
+ .. note::
+ Previously it was possible to write a kernel directly to
+ a floppy using dd, configure the boot device using rdev, and
+ boot using the resulting floppy. Linux no longer supports this
+ method of booting.
-3.2) Booting from a cdrom using isolinux
+#. Booting from a cdrom using isolinux
When building kernels, an easy way to create a bootable cdrom that
uses isolinux is to use the isoimage target which uses a bzimage
image. Like zdisk and bzdisk, this target accepts the FDARGS
parameter which can be used to set the kernel command line.
- e.g.
+ e.g::
+
make isoimage FDARGS="root=/dev/nfs"
The resulting iso image will be arch/<ARCH>/boot/image.iso
This can be written to a cdrom using a variety of tools including
cdrecord.
- e.g.
+ e.g::
+
cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 arch/x86/boot/image.iso
For more information on isolinux, including how to create bootdisks
for prebuilt kernels, see http://syslinux.zytor.com/
-3.2) Using LILO
+#. Using LILO
+
When using LILO all the necessary command line parameters may be
specified using the 'append=' directive in the LILO configuration
file.
@@ -300,15 +304,19 @@ They depend on various facilities being available:
However, to use the 'root=' directive you also need to create
a dummy root device, which may be removed after LILO is run.
- mknod /dev/boot255 c 0 255
+ e.g::
+
+ mknod /dev/boot255 c 0 255
For information on configuring LILO, please refer to its documentation.
-3.3) Using GRUB
+#. Using GRUB
+
When using GRUB, kernel parameter are simply appended after the kernel
specification: kernel <kernel> <parameters>
-3.4) Using loadlin
+#. Using loadlin
+
loadlin may be used to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
requiring a local hard disk to mount as root. This has not been
thoroughly tested by the authors of this document, but in general
@@ -317,7 +325,8 @@ They depend on various facilities being available:
Please refer to the loadlin documentation for further information.
-3.5) Using a boot ROM
+#. Using a boot ROM
+
This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless client.
With a boot ROM the kernel is loaded using the TFTP protocol. The
authors of this document are not aware of any no commercial boot
@@ -326,7 +335,8 @@ They depend on various facilities being available:
etherboot, both of which are available on sunsite.unc.edu, and both
of which contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
-3.6) Using pxelinux
+#. Using pxelinux
+
Pxelinux may be used to boot linux using the PXE boot loader
which is present on many modern network cards.
@@ -342,8 +352,8 @@ They depend on various facilities being available:
-4.) Credits
- -------
+Credits
+=======
The nfsroot code in the kernel and the RARP support have been written
by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>.
--
2.24.1
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To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert nfs-rdma to ReST and move it to admin-guide. Content
remais mostly untouched.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst | 290 +++++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt | 274 -------------------
3 files changed, 291 insertions(+), 274 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst
delete mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index c2b87e9f0fed..498652a8b955 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ NFS
nfs-client
nfsroot
+ nfs-rdma
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbe60531d69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-rdma.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+===================
+Setting up NFS/RDMA
+===================
+
+:Author:
+ NetApp and Open Grid Computing (May 29, 2008)
+
+
+Overview
+========
+
+This document describes how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client
+and server software.
+
+The NFS/RDMA client was first included in Linux 2.6.24. The NFS/RDMA server
+was first included in the following release, Linux 2.6.25.
+
+In our testing, we have obtained excellent performance results (full 10Gbit
+wire bandwidth at minimal client CPU) under many workloads. The code passes
+the full Connectathon test suite and operates over both Infiniband and iWARP
+RDMA adapters.
+
+Getting Help
+============
+
+If you get stuck, you can ask questions on the
+nfs-rdma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list.
+
+Installation
+============
+
+These instructions are a step by step guide to building a machine for
+use with NFS/RDMA.
+
+- Install an RDMA device
+
+ Any device supported by the drivers in drivers/infiniband/hw is acceptable.
+
+ Testing has been performed using several Mellanox-based IB cards, the
+ Ammasso AMS1100 iWARP adapter, and the Chelsio cxgb3 iWARP adapter.
+
+- Install a Linux distribution and tools
+
+ The first kernel release to contain both the NFS/RDMA client and server was
+ Linux 2.6.25 Therefore, a distribution compatible with this and subsequent
+ Linux kernel release should be installed.
+
+ The procedures described in this document have been tested with
+ distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/).
+
+- Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client
+
+ An NFS/RDMA mount point can be obtained by using the mount.nfs command in
+ nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater (nfs-utils-1.1.1 was the first nfs-utils
+ version with support for NFS/RDMA mounts, but for various reasons we
+ recommend using nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater). To see which version of
+ mount.nfs you are using, type:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ /sbin/mount.nfs -V
+
+ If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist,
+ you should install the latest version of nfs-utils.
+
+ Download the latest package from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs
+
+ Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions.
+
+ If you will not need the idmapper and gssd executables (you do not need
+ these to create an NFS/RDMA enabled mount command), the installation
+ process can be simplified by disabling these features when running
+ configure:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4
+
+ To build nfs-utils you will need the tcp_wrappers package installed. For
+ more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files.
+
+ After building the nfs-utils package, there will be a mount.nfs binary in
+ the utils/mount directory. This binary can be used to initiate NFS v2, v3,
+ or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called
+ mount.nfs4. The standard technique is to create a symlink called
+ mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs.
+
+ This mount.nfs binary should be installed at /sbin/mount.nfs as follows:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ sudo cp utils/mount/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs
+
+ In this location, mount.nfs will be invoked automatically for NFS mounts
+ by the system mount command.
+
+ .. note::
+ mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater is only needed
+ on the NFS client machine. You do not need this specific version of
+ nfs-utils on the server. Furthermore, only the mount.nfs command from
+ nfs-utils-1.1.2 is needed on the client.
+
+- Install a Linux kernel with NFS/RDMA
+
+ The NFS/RDMA client and server are both included in the mainline Linux
+ kernel version 2.6.25 and later. This and other versions of the Linux
+ kernel can be found at: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
+
+ Download the sources and place them in an appropriate location.
+
+- Configure the RDMA stack
+
+ Make sure your kernel configuration has RDMA support enabled. Under
+ Device Drivers -> InfiniBand support, update the kernel configuration
+ to enable InfiniBand support [NOTE: the option name is misleading. Enabling
+ InfiniBand support is required for all RDMA devices (IB, iWARP, etc.)].
+
+ Enable the appropriate IB HCA support (mlx4, mthca, ehca, ipath, etc.) or
+ iWARP adapter support (amso, cxgb3, etc.).
+
+ If you are using InfiniBand, be sure to enable IP-over-InfiniBand support.
+
+- Configure the NFS client and server
+
+ Your kernel configuration must also have NFS file system support and/or
+ NFS server support enabled. These and other NFS related configuration
+ options can be found under File Systems -> Network File Systems.
+
+- Build, install, reboot
+
+ The NFS/RDMA code will be enabled automatically if NFS and RDMA
+ are turned on. The NFS/RDMA client and server are configured via the hidden
+ SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA config option that depends on SUNRPC and INFINIBAND. The
+ value of SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA will be:
+
+ #. N if either SUNRPC or INFINIBAND are N, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
+ and server will not be built
+
+ #. M if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are on (M or Y) and at least one is M,
+ in this case the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built as modules
+
+ #. Y if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are Y, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
+ and server will be built into the kernel
+
+ Therefore, if you have followed the steps above and turned no NFS and RDMA,
+ the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built.
+
+ Build a new kernel, install it, boot it.
+
+Check RDMA and NFS Setup
+========================
+
+Before configuring the NFS/RDMA software, it is a good idea to test
+your new kernel to ensure that the kernel is working correctly.
+In particular, it is a good idea to verify that the RDMA stack
+is functioning as expected and standard NFS over TCP/IP and/or UDP/IP
+is working properly.
+
+- Check RDMA Setup
+
+ If you built the RDMA components as modules, load them at
+ this time. For example, if you are using a Mellanox Tavor/Sinai/Arbel
+ card:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ modprobe ib_mthca
+ $ modprobe ib_ipoib
+
+ If you are using InfiniBand, make sure there is a Subnet Manager (SM)
+ running on the network. If your IB switch has an embedded SM, you can
+ use it. Otherwise, you will need to run an SM, such as OpenSM, on one
+ of your end nodes.
+
+ If an SM is running on your network, you should see the following:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state
+ 4: ACTIVE
+
+ where driverX is mthca0, ipath5, ehca3, etc.
+
+ To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
+ assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+ host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
+ host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up
+ host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
+ host1$ ping a.b.c.y
+ host2$ ping a.b.c.x
+
+ For other device types, follow the appropriate procedures.
+
+- Check NFS Setup
+
+ For the NFS components enabled above (client and/or server),
+ test their functionality over standard Ethernet using TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
+
+NFS/RDMA Setup
+==============
+
+We recommend that you use two machines, one to act as the client and
+one to act as the server.
+
+One time configuration:
+-----------------------
+
+- On the server system, configure the /etc/exports file and start the NFS/RDMA server.
+
+ Exports entries with the following formats have been tested::
+
+ /vol0 192.168.0.47(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
+ /vol0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
+
+ The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand
+ HCA or the client's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC.
+
+ .. note::
+ The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does
+ not use a reserved port.
+
+Each time a machine boots:
+--------------------------
+
+- Load and configure the RDMA drivers
+
+ For InfiniBand using a Mellanox adapter:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ modprobe ib_mthca
+ $ modprobe ib_ipoib
+ $ ip li set dev ib0 up
+ $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
+
+ .. note::
+ Please use unique addresses for the client and server!
+
+- Start the NFS server
+
+ If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
+ kernel config), load the RDMA transport module:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ modprobe svcrdma
+
+ Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the
+ server:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ /etc/init.d/nfs start
+
+ or
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ service nfs start
+
+ Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ echo rdma 20049 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist
+
+- On the client system
+
+ If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
+ kernel config), load the RDMA client module:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ modprobe xprtrdma.ko
+
+ Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this
+ command to mount the NFS/RDMA server:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ $ mount -o rdma,port=20049 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt
+
+ To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check
+ the "proto" field for the given mount.
+
+ Congratulations! You're using NFS/RDMA!
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 22dc0dd6889c..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs-rdma.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,274 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-# #
-# NFS/RDMA README #
-# #
-################################################################################
-
- Author: NetApp and Open Grid Computing
- Date: May 29, 2008
-
-Table of Contents
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - Overview
- - Getting Help
- - Installation
- - Check RDMA and NFS Setup
- - NFS/RDMA Setup
-
-Overview
-~~~~~~~~
-
- This document describes how to install and setup the Linux NFS/RDMA client
- and server software.
-
- The NFS/RDMA client was first included in Linux 2.6.24. The NFS/RDMA server
- was first included in the following release, Linux 2.6.25.
-
- In our testing, we have obtained excellent performance results (full 10Gbit
- wire bandwidth at minimal client CPU) under many workloads. The code passes
- the full Connectathon test suite and operates over both Infiniband and iWARP
- RDMA adapters.
-
-Getting Help
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- If you get stuck, you can ask questions on the
-
- nfs-rdma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
-
- mailing list.
-
-Installation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- These instructions are a step by step guide to building a machine for
- use with NFS/RDMA.
-
- - Install an RDMA device
-
- Any device supported by the drivers in drivers/infiniband/hw is acceptable.
-
- Testing has been performed using several Mellanox-based IB cards, the
- Ammasso AMS1100 iWARP adapter, and the Chelsio cxgb3 iWARP adapter.
-
- - Install a Linux distribution and tools
-
- The first kernel release to contain both the NFS/RDMA client and server was
- Linux 2.6.25 Therefore, a distribution compatible with this and subsequent
- Linux kernel release should be installed.
-
- The procedures described in this document have been tested with
- distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/).
-
- - Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client
-
- An NFS/RDMA mount point can be obtained by using the mount.nfs command in
- nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater (nfs-utils-1.1.1 was the first nfs-utils
- version with support for NFS/RDMA mounts, but for various reasons we
- recommend using nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater). To see which version of
- mount.nfs you are using, type:
-
- $ /sbin/mount.nfs -V
-
- If the version is less than 1.1.2 or the command does not exist,
- you should install the latest version of nfs-utils.
-
- Download the latest package from:
-
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs
-
- Uncompress the package and follow the installation instructions.
-
- If you will not need the idmapper and gssd executables (you do not need
- these to create an NFS/RDMA enabled mount command), the installation
- process can be simplified by disabling these features when running
- configure:
-
- $ ./configure --disable-gss --disable-nfsv4
-
- To build nfs-utils you will need the tcp_wrappers package installed. For
- more information on this see the package's README and INSTALL files.
-
- After building the nfs-utils package, there will be a mount.nfs binary in
- the utils/mount directory. This binary can be used to initiate NFS v2, v3,
- or v4 mounts. To initiate a v4 mount, the binary must be called
- mount.nfs4. The standard technique is to create a symlink called
- mount.nfs4 to mount.nfs.
-
- This mount.nfs binary should be installed at /sbin/mount.nfs as follows:
-
- $ sudo cp utils/mount/mount.nfs /sbin/mount.nfs
-
- In this location, mount.nfs will be invoked automatically for NFS mounts
- by the system mount command.
-
- NOTE: mount.nfs and therefore nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater is only needed
- on the NFS client machine. You do not need this specific version of
- nfs-utils on the server. Furthermore, only the mount.nfs command from
- nfs-utils-1.1.2 is needed on the client.
-
- - Install a Linux kernel with NFS/RDMA
-
- The NFS/RDMA client and server are both included in the mainline Linux
- kernel version 2.6.25 and later. This and other versions of the Linux
- kernel can be found at:
-
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
-
- Download the sources and place them in an appropriate location.
-
- - Configure the RDMA stack
-
- Make sure your kernel configuration has RDMA support enabled. Under
- Device Drivers -> InfiniBand support, update the kernel configuration
- to enable InfiniBand support [NOTE: the option name is misleading. Enabling
- InfiniBand support is required for all RDMA devices (IB, iWARP, etc.)].
-
- Enable the appropriate IB HCA support (mlx4, mthca, ehca, ipath, etc.) or
- iWARP adapter support (amso, cxgb3, etc.).
-
- If you are using InfiniBand, be sure to enable IP-over-InfiniBand support.
-
- - Configure the NFS client and server
-
- Your kernel configuration must also have NFS file system support and/or
- NFS server support enabled. These and other NFS related configuration
- options can be found under File Systems -> Network File Systems.
-
- - Build, install, reboot
-
- The NFS/RDMA code will be enabled automatically if NFS and RDMA
- are turned on. The NFS/RDMA client and server are configured via the hidden
- SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA config option that depends on SUNRPC and INFINIBAND. The
- value of SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA will be:
-
- - N if either SUNRPC or INFINIBAND are N, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
- and server will not be built
- - M if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are on (M or Y) and at least one is M,
- in this case the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built as modules
- - Y if both SUNRPC and INFINIBAND are Y, in this case the NFS/RDMA client
- and server will be built into the kernel
-
- Therefore, if you have followed the steps above and turned no NFS and RDMA,
- the NFS/RDMA client and server will be built.
-
- Build a new kernel, install it, boot it.
-
-Check RDMA and NFS Setup
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Before configuring the NFS/RDMA software, it is a good idea to test
- your new kernel to ensure that the kernel is working correctly.
- In particular, it is a good idea to verify that the RDMA stack
- is functioning as expected and standard NFS over TCP/IP and/or UDP/IP
- is working properly.
-
- - Check RDMA Setup
-
- If you built the RDMA components as modules, load them at
- this time. For example, if you are using a Mellanox Tavor/Sinai/Arbel
- card:
-
- $ modprobe ib_mthca
- $ modprobe ib_ipoib
-
- If you are using InfiniBand, make sure there is a Subnet Manager (SM)
- running on the network. If your IB switch has an embedded SM, you can
- use it. Otherwise, you will need to run an SM, such as OpenSM, on one
- of your end nodes.
-
- If an SM is running on your network, you should see the following:
-
- $ cat /sys/class/infiniband/driverX/ports/1/state
- 4: ACTIVE
-
- where driverX is mthca0, ipath5, ehca3, etc.
-
- To further test the InfiniBand software stack, use IPoIB (this
- assumes you have two IB hosts named host1 and host2):
-
- host1$ ip link set dev ib0 up
- host1$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.x
- host2$ ip link set dev ib0 up
- host2$ ip address add dev ib0 a.b.c.y
- host1$ ping a.b.c.y
- host2$ ping a.b.c.x
-
- For other device types, follow the appropriate procedures.
-
- - Check NFS Setup
-
- For the NFS components enabled above (client and/or server),
- test their functionality over standard Ethernet using TCP/IP or UDP/IP.
-
-NFS/RDMA Setup
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- We recommend that you use two machines, one to act as the client and
- one to act as the server.
-
- One time configuration:
-
- - On the server system, configure the /etc/exports file and
- start the NFS/RDMA server.
-
- Exports entries with the following formats have been tested:
-
- /vol0 192.168.0.47(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
- /vol0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(fsid=0,rw,async,insecure,no_root_squash)
-
- The IP address(es) is(are) the client's IPoIB address for an InfiniBand
- HCA or the client's iWARP address(es) for an RNIC.
-
- NOTE: The "insecure" option must be used because the NFS/RDMA client does
- not use a reserved port.
-
- Each time a machine boots:
-
- - Load and configure the RDMA drivers
-
- For InfiniBand using a Mellanox adapter:
-
- $ modprobe ib_mthca
- $ modprobe ib_ipoib
- $ ip li set dev ib0 up
- $ ip addr add dev ib0 a.b.c.d
-
- NOTE: use unique addresses for the client and server
-
- - Start the NFS server
-
- If the NFS/RDMA server was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
- kernel config), load the RDMA transport module:
-
- $ modprobe svcrdma
-
- Regardless of how the server was built (module or built-in), start the
- server:
-
- $ /etc/init.d/nfs start
-
- or
-
- $ service nfs start
-
- Instruct the server to listen on the RDMA transport:
-
- $ echo rdma 20049 > /proc/fs/nfsd/portlist
-
- - On the client system
-
- If the NFS/RDMA client was built as a module (CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA=m in
- kernel config), load the RDMA client module:
-
- $ modprobe xprtrdma.ko
-
- Regardless of how the client was built (module or built-in), use this
- command to mount the NFS/RDMA server:
-
- $ mount -o rdma,port=20049 <IPoIB-server-name-or-address>:/<export> /mnt
-
- To verify that the mount is using RDMA, run "cat /proc/mounts" and check
- the "proto" field for the given mount.
-
- Congratulations! You're using NFS/RDMA!
--
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To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert nfsd-admin-interfaces to ReST and move it into admin-guide.
Content remains mostly untouched.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
.../nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst} | 19 +++++++++----------
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst} (70%)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index 498652a8b955..c73ba9c16b77 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ NFS
nfs-client
nfsroot
nfs-rdma
+ nfsd-admin-interfaces
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst
similarity index 70%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst
index 56a96fb08a73..7f8c64ad7632 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+==================================
Administrative interfaces for nfsd
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+==================================
Note that normally these interfaces are used only by the utilities in
nfs-utils.
@@ -13,18 +14,16 @@ nfsd/threads.
Before doing that, NFSD can be told which sockets to listen on by
writing to nfsd/portlist; that write may be:
- - an ascii-encoded file descriptor, which should refer to a
- bound (and listening, for tcp) socket, or
- - "transportname port", where transportname is currently either
- "udp", "tcp", or "rdma".
+ #. an ascii-encoded file descriptor, which should refer to a
+ bound (and listening, for tcp) socket, or
+ #. "transportname port", where transportname is currently either
+ "udp", "tcp", or "rdma".
If nfsd is started without doing any of these, then it will create one
udp and one tcp listener at port 2049 (see nfsd_init_socks).
-On startup, nfsd and lockd grace periods start.
-
-nfsd is shut down by a write of 0 to nfsd/threads. All locks and state
-are thrown away at that point.
+On startup, nfsd and lockd grace periods start. nfsd is shut down by a write of
+0 to nfsd/threads. All locks and state are thrown away at that point.
Between startup and shutdown, the number of threads may be adjusted up
or down by additional writes to nfsd/threads or by writes to
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ For more detail about files under nfsd/ and what they control, see
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c; most of them have detailed comments.
Implementation notes
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+====================
Note that the rpc server requires the caller to serialize addition and
removal of listening sockets, and startup and shutdown of the server.
--
2.24.1
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To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert idmapper.txt to ReST and move it to admin-guide.
Content remains mostly unchanged otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
.../nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst} | 31 ++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst} (81%)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index c73ba9c16b77..c90fd5ebc640 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ NFS
nfsroot
nfs-rdma
nfsd-admin-interfaces
+ nfs-idmapper
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst
similarity index 81%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst
index b86831acd583..58b8e63412d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-idmapper.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+=============
+NFS ID Mapper
+=============
-=========
-ID Mapper
-=========
Id mapper is used by NFS to translate user and group ids into names, and to
translate user and group names into ids. Part of this translation involves
performing an upcall to userspace to request the information. There are two
@@ -20,22 +20,24 @@ legacy rpc.idmap daemon for the id mapping. This result will be stored
in a custom NFS idmap cache.
-===========
Configuring
===========
+
The file /etc/request-key.conf will need to be modified so /sbin/request-key can
direct the upcall. The following line should be added:
-#OP TYPE DESCRIPTION CALLOUT INFO PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 ...
-#====== ======= =============== =============== ===============================
-create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap %k %d 600
+``#OP TYPE DESCRIPTION CALLOUT INFO PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 ...``
+``#====== ======= =============== =============== ===============================``
+``create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap %k %d 600``
+
This will direct all id_resolver requests to the program /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap.
The last parameter, 600, defines how many seconds into the future the key will
expire. This parameter is optional for /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap. When the timeout
is not specified, nfs.idmap will default to 600 seconds.
-id mapper uses for key descriptions:
+id mapper uses for key descriptions::
+
uid: Find the UID for the given user
gid: Find the GID for the given group
user: Find the user name for the given UID
@@ -45,23 +47,24 @@ You can handle any of these individually, rather than using the generic upcall
program. If you would like to use your own program for a uid lookup then you
would edit your request-key.conf so it look similar to this:
-#OP TYPE DESCRIPTION CALLOUT INFO PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 ...
-#====== ======= =============== =============== ===============================
-create id_resolver uid:* * /some/other/program %k %d 600
-create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap %k %d 600
+``#OP TYPE DESCRIPTION CALLOUT INFO PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 ...``
+``#====== ======= =============== =============== ===============================``
+``create id_resolver uid:* * /some/other/program %k %d 600``
+``create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap %k %d 600``
+
Notice that the new line was added above the line for the generic program.
request-key will find the first matching line and corresponding program. In
this case, /some/other/program will handle all uid lookups and
/usr/sbin/nfs.idmap will handle gid, user, and group lookups.
-See <file:Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst> for more information
+See Documentation/security/keys/request-key.rst for more information
about the request-key function.
-=========
nfs.idmap
=========
+
nfs.idmap is designed to be called by request-key, and should not be run "by
hand". This program takes two arguments, a serialized key and a key
description. The serialized key is first converted into a key_serial_t, and
--
2.24.1
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From: Daniel W. S. Almeida @ 2019-12-30 4:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert pnfs-block-server.txt to ReST and move it to admin-guide.
Content remains mostly unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
.../nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst} | 25 +++++++++++--------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/pnfs-block-server.txt => admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst} (80%)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index c90fd5ebc640..f3bfd0f5a362 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ NFS
nfs-rdma
nfsd-admin-interfaces
nfs-idmapper
+ pnfs-block-server
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs-block-server.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst
similarity index 80%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs-block-server.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst
index 2143673cf154..b00a2e705cc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs-block-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-block-server.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+===================================
pNFS block layout server user guide
+===================================
The Linux NFS server now supports the pNFS block layout extension. In this
case the NFS server acts as Metadata Server (MDS) for pNFS, which in addition
@@ -22,16 +24,19 @@ If the nfsd server needs to fence a non-responding client it calls
/sbin/nfsd-recall-failed with the first argument set to the IP address of
the client, and the second argument set to the device node without the /dev
prefix for the file system to be fenced. Below is an example file that shows
-how to translate the device into a serial number from SCSI EVPD 0x80:
+how to translate the device into a serial number from SCSI EVPD 0x80::
-cat > /sbin/nfsd-recall-failed << EOF
-#!/bin/sh
+ cat > /sbin/nfsd-recall-failed << EOF
-CLIENT="$1"
-DEV="/dev/$2"
-EVPD=`sg_inq --page=0x80 ${DEV} | \
- grep "Unit serial number:" | \
- awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'`
+.. code-block:: sh
-echo "fencing client ${CLIENT} serial ${EVPD}" >> /var/log/pnfsd-fence.log
-EOF
+ #!/bin/sh
+
+ CLIENT="$1"
+ DEV="/dev/$2"
+ EVPD=`sg_inq --page=0x80 ${DEV} | \
+ grep "Unit serial number:" | \
+ awk -F ': ' '{print $2}'`
+
+ echo "fencing client ${CLIENT} serial ${EVPD}" >> /var/log/pnfsd-fence.log
+ EOF
--
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To: corbet, mchehab+samsung
Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
linux-kernel-mentees
From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert pnfs-scsi-server to ReST and move it to admin-guide. Content
remains mostly unchanged.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
.../nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst} | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.txt => admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst} (97%)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index f3bfd0f5a362..c96e93b61744 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ NFS
nfsd-admin-interfaces
nfs-idmapper
pnfs-block-server
+ pnfs-scsi-server
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst
similarity index 97%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst
index 5bef7268bd9f..d2f6ee558071 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/pnfs-scsi-server.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+==================================
pNFS SCSI layout server user guide
==================================
--
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Cc: Daniel W. S. Almeida, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan,
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From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
Convert fault_injection.txt to ReST and move it to admin-guide.
Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
---
.../nfs/fault_injection.rst} | 5 +++--
Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/fault_injection.txt => admin-guide/nfs/fault_injection.rst} (98%)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/fault_injection.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/fault_injection.rst
similarity index 98%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/fault_injection.txt
rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/fault_injection.rst
index f3a5b0a8ac05..eb029c0c15ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/fault_injection.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/fault_injection.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+===================
+NFS Fault Injection
+===================
-Fault Injection
-===============
Fault injection is a method for forcing errors that may not normally occur, or
may be difficult to reproduce. Forcing these errors in a controlled environment
can help the developer find and fix bugs before their code is shipped in a
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
index c96e93b61744..410b8ccad11b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ NFS
nfs-idmapper
pnfs-block-server
pnfs-scsi-server
+ fault_injection
--
2.24.1
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@ 2019-12-30 19:12 ` Jonathan Corbet
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From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2019-12-30 19:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel W. S. Almeida
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:55:55 -0300
"Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
>
> This patch converts nfs.txt to RST. It also moves it to admin-guide.
> The reason for moving it is because this document contains information
> useful for system administrators, as noted on the following paragraph:
>
> 'The purpose of this document is to provide information on some of the
> special features of the NFS client that can be configured by system
> administrators'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
This generally looks good, I just have one request...
> Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 9 ++
> .../nfs/nfs-client.rst} | 91 ++++++++++---------
> 3 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst} (72%)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
> index 4405b7485312..4433f3929481 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
> @@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ configure specific aspects of kernel behavior to your liking.
> device-mapper/index
> efi-stub
> ext4
> + nfs/index
> gpio/index
> highuid
> hw_random
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f5c0180f4e5e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +=============
> +NFS
> +=============
> +
> +.. toctree::
> + :maxdepth: 1
> +
> + nfs-client
> +
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst
> similarity index 72%
> rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
> rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst
> index f2571c8bef74..f01bf6a6c207 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfs-client.rst
> @@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
> +==========
> +NFS Client
> +==========
>
> The NFS client
> ==============
> @@ -59,10 +62,11 @@ The DNS resolver
>
> NFSv4 allows for one server to refer the NFS client to data that has been
> migrated onto another server by means of the special "fs_locations"
> -attribute. See
> - http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6
> -and
> - http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00
> +attribute. See `RFC3530 Section 6: Filesystem Migration and Replication`_ and
> +`Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4`_.
> +
> +.. _RFC3530 Section 6\: Filesystem Migration and Replication: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3530#section-6
> +.. _Implementation Guide for Referrals in NFSv4: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-nfsv4-referrals-00
>
> The fs_locations information can take the form of either an ip address and
> a path, or a DNS hostname and a path. The latter requires the NFS client to
> @@ -72,16 +76,16 @@ upcall to allow userland to provide this service.
> Assuming that the user has the 'rpc_pipefs' filesystem mounted in the usual
> /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs, the upcall consists of the following steps:
>
> - (1) The process checks the dns_resolve cache to see if it contains a
> + #. The process checks the dns_resolve cache to see if it contains a
It really only occurs to me now that we probaby shouldn't use the "#"
notation. If we truly need an *enumerated* list, meaning that the numbers
are an important part of reading the list, then we should retain the
numbers in the plain-text version, even if that means we occasionally have
to change them if the list changes. If, instead, the numbers aren't
important, we should just use bullets instead.
In this case, we have an explicit sequence of events, so the numbers should
probably remain.
Thanks,
jon
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@ 2019-12-30 19:18 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-12-31 4:08 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
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From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2019-12-30 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel W. S. Almeida
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:55:56 -0300
"Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
>
> Convert nfsroot.txt to RST and move it to admin-guide. Content remains
> mostly the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
This one, too, is almost there, but ...
> Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
> .../nfs/nfsroot.rst} | 140 ++++++++++--------
> 2 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst} (83%)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> index f5c0180f4e5e..c2b87e9f0fed 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> @@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ NFS
> :maxdepth: 1
>
> nfs-client
> + nfsroot
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst
> similarity index 83%
> rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
> rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst
> index ae4332464560..85d834ad3d03 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst
> @@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
> +===============================================
> Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nfsroot)
> ===============================================
>
> -Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
> -Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> -Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
> -Updated 2006 by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
> -Updated 2018 by Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
> +:Authors:
> + Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
> +
> + Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> +
> + Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
> +
> + Updated 2006 by Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
> +
> + Updated 2018 by Chris Novakovic <chris@chrisn.me.uk>
>
>
>
> In order to use a diskless system, such as an X-terminal or printer server
> for example, it is necessary for the root filesystem to be present on a
> -non-disk device. This may be an initramfs (see Documentation/filesystems/
> -ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt), a ramdisk (see Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst) or a
> +non-disk device. This may be an initramfs (see Documentation/filesystems/ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt`),
It's best in general to avoid refilling paragraphs so as to make it clear
what is being changed. But we would also like to avoid creating such long
lines. Perhaps an add-on patch refilling things would satisfy both
criteria here.
Also, there seems to be a stray backtick (`) in there.
> +a ramdisk (see Documentation/admin-guide/initrd.rst) or a
> filesystem mounted via NFS. The following text describes on how to use NFS
> for the root filesystem. For the rest of this text 'client' means the
> diskless system, and 'server' means the NFS server.
> @@ -20,8 +26,8 @@ diskless system, and 'server' means the NFS server.
>
>
>
> -1.) Enabling nfsroot capabilities
> - -----------------------------
> +Enabling nfsroot capabilities
> +=============================
>
> In order to use nfsroot, NFS client support needs to be selected as
> built-in during configuration. Once this has been selected, the nfsroot
> @@ -34,8 +40,8 @@ DHCP, BOOTP and RARP is safe.
>
>
>
> -2.) Kernel command line
> - -------------------
> +Kernel command line
> +===================
>
> When the kernel has been loaded by a boot loader (see below) it needs to be
> told what root fs device to use. And in the case of nfsroot, where to find
> @@ -44,19 +50,17 @@ This can be established using the following kernel command line parameters:
>
>
> root=/dev/nfs
> -
> This is necessary to enable the pseudo-NFS-device. Note that it's not a
> real device but just a synonym to tell the kernel to use NFS instead of
> a real device.
>
>
> nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
> -
> If the `nfsroot' parameter is NOT given on the command line,
> - the default "/tftpboot/%s" will be used.
> + the default ``"/tftpboot/%s"`` will be used.
>
> <server-ip> Specifies the IP address of the NFS server.
> - The default address is determined by the `ip' parameter
> + The default address is determined by the ip parameter
> (see below). This parameter allows the use of different
> servers for IP autoconfiguration and NFS.
>
> @@ -67,6 +71,9 @@ nfsroot=[<server-ip>:]<root-dir>[,<nfs-options>]
>
> <nfs-options> Standard NFS options. All options are separated by commas.
> The following defaults are used:
> +
> + ::
> +
Please don't use the standalone "::" like that. Just say "used::"
[...]
> -3.) Boot Loader
> - ----------
> +Boot Loader
> +===========
>
> To get the kernel into memory different approaches can be used.
> They depend on various facilities being available:
>
>
> -3.1) Booting from a floppy using syslinux
> +#. Booting from a floppy using syslinux
Here, too, I wouldn't use "#". This is essentially an unordered list, so
basic bullets should be fine.
Thanks,
jon
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* Re: [PATCH v2 3/8] Documentation: nfs-rdma: convert to ReST
2019-12-30 4:55 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] Documentation: nfs-rdma: " Daniel W. S. Almeida
@ 2019-12-30 19:28 ` Jonathan Corbet
0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2019-12-30 19:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel W. S. Almeida
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:55:57 -0300
"Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
>
> Convert nfs-rdma to ReST and move it to admin-guide. Content
> remais mostly untouched.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
With this one, my main concern is that this document looks *way* out of
date, to the point that I wonder whether it is still useful or not. It
would be good to find somebody who knows about this stuff to figure that
out. Consider:
> +The NFS/RDMA client was first included in Linux 2.6.24. The NFS/RDMA server
> +was first included in the following release, Linux 2.6.25.
That was a while ago at this point.
> +Getting Help
> +============
> +
> +If you get stuck, you can ask questions on the
> +nfs-rdma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list.
What are the chances that this list still works and has relevant people to
it? It might be worth sending a copy of this patch there and seeing what
results...
> +- Install a Linux distribution and tools
> +
> + The first kernel release to contain both the NFS/RDMA client and server was
> + Linux 2.6.25 Therefore, a distribution compatible with this and subsequent
> + Linux kernel release should be installed.
Hmmm..where might I find such a distribution...? :)
> + The procedures described in this document have been tested with
> + distributions from Red Hat's Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/).
> +
> +- Install nfs-utils-1.1.2 or greater on the client
I have nfs-utils 2.4.2 here. So probably nobody needs to do this
installation at this point.
> + Download the latest package from: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs
This directory, amusingly, has nothing after 1.0.7, so this advice is
actively wrong.
I could go on, but I think you get the point. At a bare minimum we should
put a big warning at the top saying that this document is obsolete. I
should create a standard warning, I guess; for now anything that gets the
point across should do.
Thanks,
jon
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* Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] Documentation: convert nfsd-admin-interfaces to ReST
2019-12-30 4:55 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] Documentation: convert nfsd-admin-interfaces " Daniel W. S. Almeida
@ 2019-12-30 19:30 ` Jonathan Corbet
0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2019-12-30 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel W. S. Almeida
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:55:58 -0300
"Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
>
> Convert nfsd-admin-interfaces to ReST and move it into admin-guide.
> Content remains mostly untouched.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst | 1 +
> .../nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst} | 19 +++++++++----------
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> rename Documentation/{filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt => admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst} (70%)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> index 498652a8b955..c73ba9c16b77 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/index.rst
> @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ NFS
> nfs-client
> nfsroot
> nfs-rdma
> + nfsd-admin-interfaces
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst
> similarity index 70%
> rename from Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt
> rename to Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst
> index 56a96fb08a73..7f8c64ad7632 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsd-admin-interfaces.rst
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
> +==================================
> Administrative interfaces for nfsd
> -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +==================================
>
> Note that normally these interfaces are used only by the utilities in
> nfs-utils.
> @@ -13,18 +14,16 @@ nfsd/threads.
> Before doing that, NFSD can be told which sockets to listen on by
> writing to nfsd/portlist; that write may be:
>
> - - an ascii-encoded file descriptor, which should refer to a
> - bound (and listening, for tcp) socket, or
> - - "transportname port", where transportname is currently either
> - "udp", "tcp", or "rdma".
> + #. an ascii-encoded file descriptor, which should refer to a
> + bound (and listening, for tcp) socket, or
> + #. "transportname port", where transportname is currently either
> + "udp", "tcp", or "rdma".
So here we actually had bullets, I think it would be best to leave them
that way.
Let's focus on getting the series up to this point ready, then we can look
at the later patches.
Thanks,
jon
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* Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] Documentation: nfsroot.txt: convert to ReST
2019-12-30 19:18 ` Jonathan Corbet
@ 2019-12-31 4:08 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
2019-12-31 15:32 ` Jonathan Corbet
0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Daniel W. S. Almeida @ 2019-12-31 4:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
Hi Jon, thanks for the review.
Would you please rephrase this? My first language isn't English and I am
not sure I understood that.
> It's best in general to avoid refilling paragraphs so as to make it clear
> what is being changed. But we would also like to avoid creating such long
> lines. Perhaps an add-on patch refilling things would satisfy both
> criteria here.
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] Documentation: nfsroot.txt: convert to ReST
2019-12-31 4:08 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
@ 2019-12-31 15:32 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-12-31 19:15 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
0 siblings, 1 reply; 16+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2019-12-31 15:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Daniel W. S. Almeida
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:08:11 -0300
"Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com> wrote:
> Would you please rephrase this? My first language isn't English and I am
> not sure I understood that.
>
> > It's best in general to avoid refilling paragraphs so as to make it clear
> > what is being changed. But we would also like to avoid creating such long
> > lines. Perhaps an add-on patch refilling things would satisfy both
> > criteria here.
Changing text in an existing paragraph can
result in line lengths that are inconsistent and ragged, leading to a less
pleasant appearance
and the temptation to "refill" the paragraph so that the
lines are all approximately equal in length. The problem with yielding
to that temptation is that it messes up
the diff output so that you can no longer easily see the actual
text changes that were made.
Thus, when making such changes, it can be better to not refill the
paragraphs - as, indeed, you did not. But if the result becomes too
difficult to read (as in, it creates lines that are waaaay to long), it
can be good to create a second patch that makes only the cosmetic changes
without any associated text changes. I was suggesting doing that in this
case.
Does that help?
Thanks,
jon
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 16+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] Documentation: nfsroot.txt: convert to ReST
2019-12-31 15:32 ` Jonathan Corbet
@ 2019-12-31 19:15 ` Daniel W. S. Almeida
0 siblings, 0 replies; 16+ messages in thread
From: Daniel W. S. Almeida @ 2019-12-31 19:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jonathan Corbet
Cc: mchehab+samsung, linux-doc, linux-kernel, skhan, linux-kernel-mentees
> Changing text in an existing paragraph can
> result in line lengths that are inconsistent and ragged, leading to a less
> pleasant appearance
> and the temptation to "refill" the paragraph so that the
> lines are all approximately equal in length. The problem with yielding
> to that temptation is that it messes up
> the diff output so that you can no longer easily see the actual
> text changes that were made.
>
> Thus, when making such changes, it can be better to not refill the
> paragraphs - as, indeed, you did not. But if the result becomes too
> difficult to read (as in, it creates lines that are waaaay to long), it
> can be good to create a second patch that makes only the cosmetic changes
> without any associated text changes. I was suggesting doing that in this
> case.
> Does that help?
Yes, that's better!
Thank you.
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