NFSD: Clean up the nfsd_net::nfssvc_boot field
There are two boot-time fields in struct nfsd_net: one called boot_time and one called nfssvc_boot. The latter is used only to form write verifiers, but its documenting comment declares: /* Time of server startup */ Since commit 27c438f5 ("nfsd: Support the server resetting the boot verifier"), this field can be reset at any time; it's no longer tied to server restart. So that comment is stale. Also, according to pahole, struct timespec64 is 16 bytes long on x86_64. The nfssvc_boot field is used only to form a write verifier, which is 8 bytes long. Let's clarify this situation by manufacturing an 8-byte verifier in nfs_reset_boot_verifier() and storing only that in struct nfsd_net. We're grabbing 128 bits of time, so compress all of those into a 64-bit verifier instead of throwing out the high-order bits. In the future, the siphash_key can be re-used for other hashed objects per-nfsd_net. Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
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