From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 20 21:39:42 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57F7B106564A; Wed, 20 May 2009 21:39:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmacklem@uoguelph.ca) Received: from esa-annu.mail.uoguelph.ca (esa-annu.mail.uoguelph.ca [131.104.91.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92D838FC12; Wed, 20 May 2009 21:39:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmacklem@uoguelph.ca) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAMsVFEqDaFvH/2dsb2JhbADPHoQIBQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.41,223,1241409600"; d="scan'208";a="33987974" Received: from danube.cs.uoguelph.ca ([131.104.91.199]) by esa-annu-pri.mail.uoguelph.ca with ESMTP; 20 May 2009 17:39:41 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by danube.cs.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE19210843FC; Wed, 20 May 2009 17:39:40 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at danube.cs.uoguelph.ca Received: from danube.cs.uoguelph.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (danube.cs.uoguelph.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id JluylQfdLhOT; Wed, 20 May 2009 17:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca (muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca [131.104.91.102]) by danube.cs.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3830410843C3; Wed, 20 May 2009 17:39:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (rmacklem@localhost) by muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca (8.11.7p3+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id n4KLeLP22382; Wed, 20 May 2009 17:40:21 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca: rmacklem owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 17:40:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem X-X-Sender: rmacklem@muncher.cs.uoguelph.ca To: Juli Mallett In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200905201858.n4KIw7Fc040619@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Rick Macklem , svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r192463 - head/sys/fs/nfsserver X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:39:42 -0000 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