Merge tag 'nfs-for-3.7-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs

Pull NFS client updates from Trond Myklebust:
 "Features include:

   - Remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL dependency from NFSv4.1
     Aside from the issues discussed at the LKS, distros are shipping
     NFSv4.1 with all the trimmings.
   - Fix fdatasync()/fsync() for the corner case of a server reboot.
   - NFSv4 OPEN access fix: finally distinguish correctly between
     open-for-read and open-for-execute permissions in all situations.
   - Ensure that the TCP socket is closed when we're in CLOSE_WAIT
   - More idmapper bugfixes
   - Lots of pNFS bugfixes and cleanups to remove unnecessary state and
     make the code easier to read.
   - In cases where a pNFS read or write fails, allow the client to
     resume trying layoutgets after two minutes of read/write-
     through-mds.
   - More net namespace fixes to the NFSv4 callback code.
   - More net namespace fixes to the NFSv3 locking code.
   - More NFSv4 migration preparatory patches.
     Including patches to detect network trunking in both NFSv4 and
     NFSv4.1
   - pNFS block updates to optimise LAYOUTGET calls."

* tag 'nfs-for-3.7-1' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/linux-nfs: (113 commits)
  pnfsblock: cleanup nfs4_blkdev_get
  NFS41: send real read size in layoutget
  NFS41: send real write size in layoutget
  NFS: track direct IO left bytes
  NFSv4.1: Cleanup ugliness in pnfs_layoutgets_blocked()
  NFSv4.1: Ensure that the layout sequence id stays 'close' to the current
  NFSv4.1: Deal with seqid wraparound in the pNFS return-on-close code
  NFSv4 set open access operation call flag in nfs4_init_opendata_res
  NFSv4.1: Remove the dependency on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
  NFSv4 reduce attribute requests for open reclaim
  NFSv4: nfs4_open_done first must check that GETATTR decoded a file type
  NFSv4.1: Deal with wraparound when updating the layout "barrier" seqid
  NFSv4.1: Deal with wraparound issues when updating the layout stateid
  NFSv4.1: Always set the layout stateid if this is the first layoutget
  NFSv4.1: Fix another refcount issue in pnfs_find_alloc_layout
  NFSv4: don't put ACCESS in OPEN compound if O_EXCL
  NFSv4: don't check MAY_WRITE access bit in OPEN
  NFS: Set key construction data for the legacy upcall
  NFSv4.1: don't do two EXCHANGE_IDs on mount
  NFS: nfs41_walk_client_list(): re-lock before iterating
  ...

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
index f50f26ce6cd0..f2571c8bef74 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfs.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,47 @@ and work is in progress on adding support for minor version 1 of the NFSv4
 protocol.
 
 The purpose of this document is to provide information on some of the
-upcall interfaces that are used in order to provide the NFS client with
-some of the information that it requires in order to fully comply with
-the NFS spec.
+special features of the NFS client that can be configured by system
+administrators.
+
+
+The nfs4_unique_id parameter
+============================
+
+NFSv4 requires clients to identify themselves to servers with a unique
+string.  File open and lock state shared between one client and one server
+is associated with this identity.  To support robust NFSv4 state recovery
+and transparent state migration, this identity string must not change
+across client reboots.
+
+Without any other intervention, the Linux client uses a string that contains
+the local system's node name.  System administrators, however, often do not
+take care to ensure that node names are fully qualified and do not change
+over the lifetime of a client system.  Node names can have other
+administrative requirements that require particular behavior that does not
+work well as part of an nfs_client_id4 string.
+
+The nfs.nfs4_unique_id boot parameter specifies a unique string that can be
+used instead of a system's node name when an NFS client identifies itself to
+a server.  Thus, if the system's node name is not unique, or it changes, its
+nfs.nfs4_unique_id stays the same, preventing collision with other clients
+or loss of state during NFS reboot recovery or transparent state migration.
+
+The nfs.nfs4_unique_id string is typically a UUID, though it can contain
+anything that is believed to be unique across all NFS clients.  An
+nfs4_unique_id string should be chosen when a client system is installed,
+just as a system's root file system gets a fresh UUID in its label at
+install time.
+
+The string should remain fixed for the lifetime of the client.  It can be
+changed safely if care is taken that the client shuts down cleanly and all
+outstanding NFSv4 state has expired, to prevent loss of NFSv4 state.
+
+This string can be stored in an NFS client's grub.conf, or it can be provided
+via a net boot facility such as PXE.  It may also be specified as an nfs.ko
+module parameter.  Specifying a uniquifier string is not support for NFS
+clients running in containers.
+
 
 The DNS resolver
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