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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:57:11 -0700
From:      Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@freebsd.org>,  src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: 79d0f4474653 - main - rpcbind: Ensure krpc is present.
Message-ID:  <CAM5tNy73foc9hY%2B_K05nc30wrGtmqmo=V9TFfabo%2BzOPrsferA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 8:41=E2=80=AFAM Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>=
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> On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:11:18PM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> K> Apparently we already have the feature called 'warmstart', where rpcbi=
nd
> K> can be restarted and existing registrations are reloaded.  So it is in
> K> fact already solved, assuming admin is careful enough to use -w.
>
> Ok, then all that needs to be done is revert this:
>
> --- a/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.c
> +++ b/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.c
> @@ -159,10 +159,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>
>         update_bound_sa();
>
> -       /* Ensure krpc is loaded */
> -       if (modfind("krpc") < 0 && kldload("krpc") < 0)
> -               err(1, "krpc");
> -
>         /* Check that another rpcbind isn't already running. */
>         if ((rpcbindlockfd =3D open(RPCBINDDLOCK, O_RDONLY|O_CREAT, 0444)=
) < 0)
>                 err(1, "%s", RPCBINDDLOCK);
>
> Without these lines, rpcbind will log:
>
> Jun 10 08:34:23 bobrik rpcbind[885]: netlink: could not create service
>
> And continue with /var/run/rpcbind.sock set up and ready to service
> requests from applications.
>
> We can add an extra message for verbosity:
>
> @@ -223,7 +219,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>         }
>         endnetconfig(nc_handle);
>
> -       init_transport(&netlink_nconf);
> +       if (init_transport(&netlink_nconf) !=3D 0) {
> +               syslog(LOG_ERR, "krpc(4) module missing? "
> +                   "Continuing without netlink/krpc transport");
> +       }
>
>         /*
>          * Allocate pipe fd to wake main thread from signal handler in no=
n-racy
>
> I really don't have a strong opinion on what would be right here.  I have=
 no
> idea on how wide is the use of rpcbind w/o NFS.  Kostik, Rick and Dag-Erl=
ing,
> may you together come to agreement on what is right here?
I don't have a strong opinion on it either, since most kernel configs
include NFS
options, so the krpc is there anyhow.

rick

>
> --
> Gleb Smirnoff



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