/proc/fs/nfsd as an alternate to /proc/fs/nfsd

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / exportfs / exportfs.c

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
index fe0f6bac5e188d302ec2b40bc2e862ed8dc855df..6f2a60d7d4bddd20f321df402f281d6d8a68985a 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.c
@@ -91,16 +91,22 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                fprintf(stderr, "exportfs: -r and -u are incompatible.\n");
                return 1;
        }
+       new_cache = check_new_cache();
        if (optind == argc && ! f_all) {
                if (force_flush) {
-                       cache_flush(1);
+                       if (new_cache)
+                               cache_flush(1);
+                       else {
+                               fprintf(stderr, "exportfs: -f: only available with new cache controls: mount /proc/fs/nfsd first\n");
+                               exit(1);
+                       }
+                       return 0;
                } else {
                        xtab_export_read();
                        dump(f_verbose);
                        return 0;
                }
        }
-       new_cache = check_new_cache();
 
        if (f_export && ! f_ignore)
                export_read(_PATH_EXPORTS);