NFSv4.1: Add a module parameter to set the number of session slots

Add the module parameter 'max_session_slots' to set the initial number
of slots that the NFSv4.1 client will attempt to negotiate with the
server.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 033d4e69b43b..1d369c6286e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1657,6 +1657,14 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
                         of returning the full 64-bit number.
                         The default is to return 64-bit inode numbers.
 
+        nfs.max_session_slots=
+                        [NFSv4.1] Sets the maximum number of session slots
+                        the client will attempt to negotiate with the server.
+                        This limits the number of simultaneous RPC requests
+                        that the client can send to the NFSv4.1 server.
+                        Note that there is little point in setting this
+                        value higher than the max_tcp_slot_table_limit.
+
         nfs.nfs4_disable_idmapping=
                         [NFSv4] When set to the default of '1', this option
                         ensures that both the RPC level authentication