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VFS_CHECKEXP – check if a file system is exported to a client

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUES SEE ALSO AUTHORS

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <sys/mount.h>

int
VFS_CHECKEXP(struct mount *mp, struct sockaddr *nam, uint64_t *exflagsp, struct ucred **credanonp, int *numsecflavor, int *secflavors);

The VFS_CHECKEXP() macro is used by the NFS server to check if a mount point is exported to a client.

The arguments it expects are:

mp
	The mount point to be checked.
nam
	An mbuf containing the network address of the client.
exflagsp
	Return parameter for the export flags for this client.
credanonp
	Return parameter for the anonymous credentials for this client.
numsecflavors
	Return value for the number of security flavors for this client.
secflavors
	Must be an array of size MAXSECFLAVORS, in which the security flavors for this client are returned.

The VFS_CHECKEXP() macro should be called on a file system's mount structure to determine if it is exported to a client whose address is contained in nam.

It is called in the NFS server once a vnode for a file handle has been acquired, in order to determine what access the client is allowed on the file system the vnode resides in. For NFSv4, it is also called whenever the lookup operation crosses a server file system mount point, to update the access information.

The operation is file system specific, but is normally handled by the default ``vfs_stdcheckexp''.

The export flags, anonymous credentials and security flavors specific to the client will be returned in *exflagsp, *credanonp, *numsecflavors and *secflavors.

This manual page was written by Alfred Perlstein.