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-.TH NFSSERVCTL 2 2012-03-05 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH NFSSERVCTL 2 2019-03-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
nfsservctl \- syscall interface to kernel nfs daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <linux/nfsd/syscall.h>
-.sp
+.PP
.BI "long nfsservctl(int " cmd ", struct nfsctl_arg *" argp ,
.BI " union nfsctl_res *" resp );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IR Note :
Since Linux 3.1, this system call no longer exists.
-
-.nf
+It has been replaced by a set of files in the
+.I nfsd
+filesystem; see
+.BR nfsd (7).
+.PP
+.in +4n
+.EX
/*
* These are the commands understood by nfsctl().
*/
-#define NFSCTL_SVC 0 /* This is a server process. */
-#define NFSCTL_ADDCLIENT 1 /* Add an NFS client. */
-#define NFSCTL_DELCLIENT 2 /* Remove an NFS client. */
-#define NFSCTL_EXPORT 3 /* Export a filesystem. */
-#define NFSCTL_UNEXPORT 4 /* Unexport a filesystem. */
-#define NFSCTL_UGIDUPDATE 5 /* Update a client's UID/GID map
- (only in Linux 2.4.x and earlier). */
-#define NFSCTL_GETFH 6 /* Get a file handle (used by mountd)
- (only in Linux 2.4.x and earlier). */
+#define NFSCTL_SVC 0 /* This is a server process. */
+#define NFSCTL_ADDCLIENT 1 /* Add an NFS client. */
+#define NFSCTL_DELCLIENT 2 /* Remove an NFS client. */
+#define NFSCTL_EXPORT 3 /* Export a filesystem. */
+#define NFSCTL_UNEXPORT 4 /* Unexport a filesystem. */
+#define NFSCTL_UGIDUPDATE 5 /* Update a client's UID/GID map
+ (only in Linux 2.4.x and earlier). */
+#define NFSCTL_GETFH 6 /* Get a file handle (used by mountd)
+ (only in Linux 2.4.x and earlier). */
struct nfsctl_arg {
int ca_version; /* safeguard */
struct knfs_fh cr_getfh;
unsigned int cr_debug;
};
-.fi
+.EE
+.in
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, zero is returned.
On error, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set appropriately.
+.SH VERSIONS
+This system call was removed from the Linux kernel in version 3.1.
+Library support was removed from glibc in version 2.28.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This call is Linux-specific.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR nfsd (7)