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    [PATCH] RPCSEC_GSS client upcall user [5/6] · a4419dbb
    Trond Myklebust authored
    This patches the RPCSEC_GSS client to make use of the upcall mechanism
    that was provided by patch [3/6].
    
    If an RPC task presents a non-uptodate credential to call_refresh(),
    a user daemon is contacted by means of a dedicated rpc_pipefs pipe.
    The daemon is then fed the uid for which it must establish a new RPCSEC
    security context.
    
    While the daemon goes about its business, the RPC task is put to sleep
    on a wait queue in order to allow the 'rpciod' process to service other
    requests. If another task wants to use the same credential, it too will
    be put to sleep once it reaches call_refresh(). A timeout mechanism
    ensures that requests are retried (or that 'soft' mounts fail) if the
    daemon crashes / is killed.
    
    Once the daemon has established the RPCSEC context, it writes the result
    back to the pipe, causing the credential to be updated. Those RPC tasks
    that were sleeping on the context are automatically woken up, and
    their execution can proceed.
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