lockd(1M)
NAME
lockd - network lock daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/nfs/lockd [-g graceperiod] [-l listen_min_backlog]
[-t timeout] [nthreads]
DESCRIPTION
The lockd utility is part of the NFS lock manager, which
supports record locking operations on NFS files. See
fcntl(2) and lockf(3C). The lock manager provides the fol-
lowing two functions:
o It forwards fcntl(2) locking requests for NFS mounted
file systems to the lock manager on the NFS server.
o It generates local file locking operations in response
to requests forwarded from lock managers running on
NFS client machines.
State information kept by the lock manager about these lock-
ing requests can be lost if the lockd is killed or the
operating system is rebooted. Some of this information can
be recovered as follows. When the server lock manager res-
tarts, it waits for a grace period for all client-site lock
managers to submit reclaim requests. Client-site lock
managers, on the other hand, are notified by the status mon-
itor daemon, statd(1M), of the restart and promptly resubmit
previously granted lock requests. If the lock daemon fails
to secure a previously granted lock at the server site, then
it sends SIGLOST to a process.
Administrators wanting to change startup parameters for
lockd should, as root, make changes in the /etc/default/nfs
file rather than editing the /etc/init.d/nfs.client file.
See nfs(4).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-g graceperiod
Specify the number of seconds that clients have to
reclaim locks after the server reboots. The default is
45 seconds. Equivalent of the LOCKD_GRACE_PERIOD
parameter in the nfs file.
-l listen_min_backlog
Specify the listener backlog (listen_min_backlog).
listen_min_backlog is the number connect requests that
are queued and waiting to be processed before new con-
nect requests start to get dropped.
-t timeout
Specify the number of seconds to wait before
retransmitting a lock request to the remote server.
The default value is 15 seconds. Equivalent of the
LOCKD_RETRANSMIT_TIMEOUT parameter in the nfs file.
OPERANDS
nthreads
Specify the maximum number of concurrent threads that
the server can handle. This concurrency is achieved by
up to nthreads threads created as needed in the ker-
nel. nthreads should be based on the load expected on
this server. If nthreads is not specified, the maximum
number of concurrent threads will default to 20.
Equivalent of the LOCKD_SERVERS parameter in the nfs
file.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
____________________________________________________________
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
| Availability | SUNWnfscu |
|_____________________________|_____________________________|
SEE ALSO
statd(1M), fcntl(2), lockf(3C), nfs(4), attributes(5)
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