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gss_impl.c: Fix a nfsd hang when the kgssapi.ko is loaded, but no gssd

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gss_impl.c: Fix a nfsd hang when the kgssapi.ko is loaded, but no gssd

After the conversion to using netlink, the kgssapi had
no way of knowing if the gssd daemon was running.
As such, a boot where the kgssapi is loaded, but the
gssd is not enabled would hang the nfsd for a very
long time. (Many timeouts at 300sec each.)

This patch adds a Null RPC upcall with a 200msec
timeout to check to see if the gssd is running.
If the gssd is not running, the nfsd starts up
(without Kerberos support) with only a 200msec
delay.)

Also, move the svc_svc_nl_create() and svc_reg() calls in gssd.c
to before the daemon() call, so they are guaranteed to have
been done before the nfsd(8) daemon is started by
the rc scripts.

PR: 295714
Reviewed by: glebius
MFC after: 2 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57455

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Provenance
rmacklemAuthored on Jun 21 2026, 11:15 PM
Reviewer
glebius
Differential Revision
D57455: gss_impl.c: Fix a nfsd hang when kgssapi.ko is loaded, but gssd not running
Parents
rGb3249ed3a6ed: powerpc/booke: Save watchdog context to "critical" save area
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