From e6f3cb32cca25bb73a60b32df4b9afc0112e2ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rick Macklem Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:24:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a description for the '-S' option to the mountd man page. This is a content change. Reviewed by: kib MFC after: 2 weeks --- usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.8 | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.8 b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.8 index 2bc670c92dda..fe73743304f8 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/mountd/mountd.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)mountd.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/28/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 23, 2011 +.Dd October 14, 2012 .Dt MOUNTD 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ mount requests .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl 2delnor +.Op Fl 2delnorS .Op Fl h Ar bindip .Op Fl p Ar port .Op Ar exportsfile ... @@ -131,6 +131,19 @@ flag. Specify an alternate location for the exports file. More than one exports file can be specified. +.It Fl S +Tell mountd to suspend/resume execution of the nfsd threads whenever +the exports list is being reloaded. +This avoids intermittent access +errors for clients that do NFS RPCs while the exports are being +reloaded, but introduces a delay in RPC response while the reload +is in progress. +If +.Nm +crashes while an exports load is in progress, +.Nm +must be restarted to get the nfsd threads running again, if this +option is used. .El .Pp When