[nfsv4] CREATE_SESSION backchannel question

"Matt W. Benjamin" <matt@linuxbox.com> Thu, 14 October 2010 15:06 UTC

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Subject: [nfsv4] CREATE_SESSION backchannel question
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Hi,

I wondered a bit about the server's backchannel preferences in CREATE_SESSION, for example, if the server implementation would prefer (or even require) a dedicated backchannel.  The server can accept or reject a client request to use the current connection as a forechannel and backchannel.  If the server clears the backchannel flag, or the client did not set it, can the server expect that the client will offer a backchannel in a subsequent BIND_CONN_TO_SESSION (under its obligations under 2.9.2, item 3).

Regards,

Matt

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