Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:40:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r192463 - head/sys/fs/nfsserver Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0905201737570.21668@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <eaa228be0905201229m2fcd024t58c29206776e0a30@mail.gmail.com> References: <200905201858.n4KIw7Fc040619@svn.freebsd.org> <eaa228be0905201229m2fcd024t58c29206776e0a30@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 20 May 2009, Juli Mallett wrote: > When client ids have been run out of, does that put something into a > dangerous state (insecure or crash-prone)? Isn't it better to let the > administrator make the decision of when to reboot the machine? > Don't worry, it's never gonna happen. A new clientid is typically issued once/mount and this happens after 2**32 of them. (ie 136 years at an average rate of 1/sec) Why did I even code it? Who knows. Maybe I just wanted to document in the comment that it wasn't a concern, as above. Have fun, rick
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