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-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
index 44d0732ba87..d550d0b967d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/rpcb_clnt.c
@@ -63,9 +63,16 @@ enum {
* r_owner
*
* The "owner" is allowed to unset a service in the rpcbind database.
- * We always use the following (arbitrary) fixed string.
+ *
+ * For AF_LOCAL SET/UNSET requests, rpcbind treats this string as a
+ * UID which it maps to a local user name via a password lookup.
+ * In all other cases it is ignored.
+ *
+ * For SET/UNSET requests, user space provides a value, even for
+ * network requests, and GETADDR uses an empty string. We follow
+ * those precedents here.
*/
-#define RPCB_OWNER_STRING "rpcb"
+#define RPCB_OWNER_STRING "0"
#define RPCB_MAXOWNERLEN sizeof(RPCB_OWNER_STRING)
static void rpcb_getport_done(struct rpc_task *, void *);
@@ -566,7 +573,7 @@ void rpcb_getport_async(struct rpc_task *task)
map->r_xprt = xprt_get(xprt);
map->r_netid = rpc_peeraddr2str(clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_NETID);
map->r_addr = rpc_peeraddr2str(rpcb_clnt, RPC_DISPLAY_UNIVERSAL_ADDR);
- map->r_owner = RPCB_OWNER_STRING; /* ignored for GETADDR */
+ map->r_owner = "";
map->r_status = -EIO;
child = rpcb_call_async(rpcb_clnt, map, proc);