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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/nfs/reexport.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/reexport.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/reexport.rst index ff9ae4a46530..044be965d75e 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/reexport.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/reexport.rst @@ -26,9 +26,13 @@ Reboot recovery --------------- The NFS protocol's normal reboot recovery mechanisms don't work for the -case when the reexport server reboots. Clients will lose any locks -they held before the reboot, and further IO will result in errors. -Closing and reopening files should clear the errors. +case when the reexport server reboots because the source server has not +rebooted, and so it is not in grace. Since the source server is not in +grace, it cannot offer any guarantees that the file won't have been +changed between the locks getting lost and any attempt to recover them. +The same applies to delegations and any associated locks. Clients are +not allowed to get file locks or delegations from a reexport server, any +attempts will fail with operation not supported. Filehandle limits ----------------- |