e49677ff33
[ Upstream commit 91d2e9b56cf5c80f9efc530d494968369a8a0e0d ]
There are two boot-time fields in struct nfsd_net: one called
boot_time and one called nfssvc_boot. The latter is used only to
form write verifiers, but its documenting comment declares:
/* Time of server startup */
Since commit 27c438f53e79 ("nfsd: Support the server resetting the
boot verifier"), this field can be reset at any time; it's no
longer tied to server restart. So that comment is stale.
Also, according to pahole, struct timespec64 is 16 bytes long on
x86_64. The nfssvc_boot field is used only to form a write verifier,
which is 8 bytes long.
Let's clarify this situation by manufacturing an 8-byte verifier
in nfs_reset_boot_verifier() and storing only that in struct
nfsd_net.
We're grabbing 128 bits of time, so compress all of those into a
64-bit verifier instead of throwing out the high-order bits.
In the future, the siphash_key can be re-used for other hashed
objects per-nfsd_net.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.