Re: [PATCH] new timeout behavior for RPC requests on TCP sockets

[Trond Myklebust]

>>>>> " " == Richard B Johnson <[e-mail]> writes:

     > Because all of the RPC stuff was, initially, user-mode
     > code. For performance reasons or otherwise, it was moved into
     > the kernel.  Okay, so far? Now, when something goes wrong with
     > that code, should that code be fixed, or should the unrelated
     > TCP/IP code be modified to accommodate? I think the time-outs
     > should be put at the correct places and not added to generic
     > network code.

No. The kernel RPC code has never been user mode code, nor has it ever
been exported to userland. It exists purely for the benefit of NFS and
friends. It is located in a subdirectory of the network code, but it
is certainly not 'generic network code'.

Cheers,
  Trond