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- Display current settings when run without options.

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- Revise a manpage to NOT sound confusing. [1]

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ru 2009-12-26 08:36:02 +00:00
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2 changed files with 30 additions and 15 deletions
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sbin/nfsiod/nfsiod.8
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@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" From: @(#)nfsiod.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 2/22/94
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd September 22, 1994
.Dd December 26, 2009
.Dt NFSIOD 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -42,33 +42,39 @@ asynchronous I/O server
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is a kernel process which runs on an
utility controls the maximum number of
.Nm
kernel processes which run on an
.Tn NFS
client machine to service asynchronous I/O requests to its server.
It improves performance but is not required for correct operation.
Having
.Nm
kernel processes
improves performance but is not required for correct operation.
.Pp
This program controls the maximum number of processes that the kernel runs.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
The option is as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl n
Specify how many servers are permitted to be started.
Specify how many processes are permitted to be started.
.El
.Pp
A client should run enough daemons to handle its maximum
Without an option,
.Nm
displays the current settings.
A client should allow enough number of processes to handle its maximum
level of concurrency, typically four to six.
.Pp
If
.Nm
detects that the running kernel does not include
.Tn NFS
support, it will attempt to load a loadable kernel module containing
support, it will attempt to load a kernel module containing
.Tn NFS
code, using
.Xr kldload 2 .
If this fails, or no
.Tn NFS
KLD was available,
module was available,
.Nm
exits with an error.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
@ -85,3 +91,10 @@ The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .
.Pp
Starting with
.Fx 5.0 ,
the utility no longer starts daemons, but only serves as a vfs
loader and
.Xr sysctl 3
wrapper.

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sbin/nfsiod/nfsiod.c
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@ -89,12 +89,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
case 'n':
num_servers = atoi(optarg);
if (num_servers < 1) {
warnx("nfsiod count %d; reset to %d",
warnx("nfsiod count %u; reset to %d",
num_servers, 1);
num_servers = 1;
}
if (num_servers > MAXNFSDCNT) {
warnx("nfsiod count %d; reset to %d",
warnx("nfsiod count %u; reset to %d",
num_servers, MAXNFSDCNT);
num_servers = MAXNFSDCNT;
}
@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (argc > 0)
usage();
if (num_servers == 0)
exit(0); /* no change */
len = sizeof iodmin;
error = sysctlbyname("vfs.nfs.iodmin", &iodmin, &len, NULL, 0);
if (error < 0)
@ -120,6 +117,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
error = sysctlbyname("vfs.nfs.iodmax", &iodmax, &len, NULL, 0);
if (error < 0)
err(1, "sysctlbyname(\"vfs.nfs.iodmax\")");
if (num_servers == 0) { /* no change */
printf("vfs.nfs.iodmin=%u\nvfs.nfs.iodmax=%u\n",
iodmin, iodmax);
exit(0);
}
/* Catch the case where we're lowering num_servers below iodmin */
if (iodmin > num_servers) {
iodmin = num_servers;