FreeBSD NFSv4.1/4.2 server is broken when Linux mounts use "nconnects"

[Alan Somers]

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 3:52 PM Rick Macklem <rmacklem at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The FreeBSD NFS server is broken when handling multiple
> connections for NFSv4.1/4.2.
> It incorrectly binds the back channel to a new connection
> when is sees an RPC with Sequence in it (almost all RPCs)
> and might send a callback on the wrong connection.
>
> I have a fix, but it won't be in a release until 12.3/13.1.
> It can be found in Bugzilla PR#254560.
>
> In the meantime, avoid using the "nconnects" option
> on Linux client mounts.
>
> Thanks go to Ben Coddington @redhat for diagnosing
> this and testing the patch.
>
> Sorry about the breakage, rick
> ps: It was done intentionally long ago, when clients
>       did not do BindConnectionToSession and then slipped
>       through the cracks.
>

Since the bug involves callbacks, would disabling delegations be a valid
workaround?