[nfsv4] Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC8881 (8716)

[Pali Rohár <[e-mail]>]

Hello David,

Could you look at this reported errata and check it?
If it could be validated or fixed in new -bis version?

https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8716

Pali

On Friday 23 January 2026 05:19:17 RFC Errata System wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC8881,
> "Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol".
> 
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> You may review the report below and at:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid8716
> 
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Pali Rohár <[e-mail]>
> 
> Section: 5.4
> 
> Original Text
> -------------
>    *  The per-file system attributes are:
> 
>          supported_attrs, suppattr_exclcreat, fh_expire_type,
>          link_support, symlink_support, unique_handles, aclsupport,
>          cansettime, case_insensitive, case_preserving,
>          chown_restricted, files_avail, files_free, files_total,
>          fs_locations, homogeneous, maxfilesize, maxname, maxread,
>          maxwrite, no_trunc, space_avail, space_free, space_total,
>          time_delta, change_policy, fs_status, fs_layout_type,
>          fs_locations_info, fs_charset_cap
> 
>    *  The per-file system object attributes are:
> 
>          type, change, size, named_attr, fsid, rdattr_error, filehandle,
>          acl, archive, fileid, hidden, maxlink, mimetype, mode,
>          numlinks, owner, owner_group, rawdev, space_used, system,
>          time_access, time_backup, time_create, time_metadata,
>          time_modify, mounted_on_fileid, dir_notif_delay,
>          dirent_notif_delay, dacl, sacl, layout_type, layout_hint,
>          layout_blksize, layout_alignment, mdsthreshold, retention_get,
>          retention_set, retentevt_get, retentevt_set, retention_hold,
>          mode_set_masked
> 
> Corrected Text
> --------------
>    *  The per-file system attributes are:
> 
>          fsid, supported_attrs, suppattr_exclcreat, fh_expire_type,
>          link_support, symlink_support, unique_handles, aclsupport,
>          cansettime, case_insensitive, case_preserving,
>          chown_restricted, files_avail, files_free, files_total,
>          fs_locations, homogeneous, maxfilesize, maxname, maxread,
>          maxwrite, no_trunc, space_avail, space_free, space_total,
>          time_delta, change_policy, fs_status, fs_layout_type,
>          fs_locations_info, fs_charset_cap
> 
>    *  The per-file system object attributes are:
> 
>          type, change, size, named_attr, rdattr_error, filehandle,
>          acl, archive, fileid, hidden, maxlink, mimetype, mode,
>          numlinks, owner, owner_group, rawdev, space_used, system,
>          time_access, time_backup, time_create, time_metadata,
>          time_modify, mounted_on_fileid, dir_notif_delay,
>          dirent_notif_delay, dacl, sacl, layout_type, layout_hint,
>          layout_blksize, layout_alignment, mdsthreshold, retention_get,
>          retention_set, retentevt_get, retentevt_set, retention_hold,
>          mode_set_masked
> 
> Notes
> -----
> The per-file system attribute in section 5.4 is defined as:
> The value of the attribute will be the same for some or all file objects that share the same fsid attribute (Section 5.8.1.9).
> 
> So the fsid attribute needs to be classified as the per-file system attribute too, not as the per-file system object.
> 
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> RFC8881 (draft-ietf-nfsv4-rfc5661sesqui-msns-04)
> --------------------------------------
> Title               : Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Minor Version 1 Protocol
> Publication Date    : August 2020
> Author(s)           : D. Noveck, Ed., C. Lever
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : Network File System Version 4
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
> 
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