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Commit f783288f authored by Chuck Lever's avatar Chuck Lever Committed by Trond Myklebust
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SUNRPC: Load GSS kernel module by OID



The current GSS mech switch can find and load GSS pseudoflavor
modules by name ("krb5") or pseudoflavor number ("390003"), but
cannot find GSS modules by GSS tuple:

  [ "1.2.840.113554.1.2.2", GSS_C_QOP_DEFAULT, RPC_GSS_SVC_NONE ]

This is important when dealing with a SECINFO request.  A SECINFO
reply contains a list of flavors the server supports for the
requested export, but GSS flavors also have a GSS tuple that maps
to a pseudoflavor (like 390003 for krb5).

If the GSS module that supports the OID in the tuple is not loaded,
our client is not able to load that module dynamically to support
that pseudoflavor.

Add a way for the GSS mech switch to load GSS pseudoflavor support
by OID before searching for the pseudoflavor that matches the OID
and service.

Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
parent 9568c5e9
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