From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.3 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D963C04EB5 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 16:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3949B20838 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 16:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="OkLq129c" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726874AbgBGQIk (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:08:40 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com ([207.211.31.120]:48594 "EHLO us-smtp-1.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726951AbgBGQIk (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:08:40 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1581091719; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=YKvjhULmr+LF3DwK5KgfHphqS7dKLkNYxxG/KmcfJjg=; b=OkLq129cQt1PXS1XwHOJCbFyylCErb+k4W4Ka+K3pfA3Nb0HIpU8yqAvbsi44/SvLvScqF /UgZ+8s5dhRchGGCg6PuZXMvwOexGJ3atTDH4JBUk+Hly3hr+MzbzzVCHUYOQnMmyRwN+b yNeAlPToC34W3OUjzOrldLNOFqCiLZI= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-143-sfcW38qVOMKhQZjX0GNYyg-1; Fri, 07 Feb 2020 11:08:37 -0500 X-MC-Unique: sfcW38qVOMKhQZjX0GNYyg-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 70AB28010F5 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 16:08:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from madhat.boston.devel.redhat.com (ovpn-117-141.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.117.141]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4176E7FB60 for ; Fri, 7 Feb 2020 16:08:36 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] manpage: Add a description of the 'nconnect' mount option To: Linux NFS Mailing list References: <20200129154703.6204-1-steved@redhat.com> From: Steve Dickson Message-ID: Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:08:35 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.4.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200129154703.6204-1-steved@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.11 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org On 1/29/20 10:47 AM, Steve Dickson wrote: > From: Trond Myklebust > > Add a description of the 'nconnect' mount option on the 'nfs' generic > manpage. > > Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust > Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson Committed... (tag: nfs-utils-2-4-3-rc7) steved. > --- > utils/mount/nfs.man | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man > index 6ba9cef..84462cd 100644 > --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man > +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man > @@ -369,6 +369,23 @@ using an automounter (refer to > .BR automount (8) > for details). > .TP 1.5i > +.BR nconnect= n > +When using a connection oriented protocol such as TCP, it may > +sometimes be advantageous to set up multiple connections between > +the client and server. For instance, if your clients and/or servers > +are equipped with multiple network interface cards (NICs), using multiple > +connections to spread the load may improve overall performance. > +In such cases, the > +.BR nconnect > +option allows the user to specify the number of connections > +that should be established between the client and server up to > +a limit of 16. > +.IP > +Note that the > +.BR nconnect > +option may also be used by some pNFS drivers to decide how many > +connections to set up to the data servers. > +.TP 1.5i > .BR rdirplus " / " nordirplus > Selects whether to use NFS v3 or v4 READDIRPLUS requests. > If this option is not specified, the NFS client uses READDIRPLUS requests >