multiple threads for mountd

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / mountd / mountd.man

diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
index bac44216691f195f156a4d55472ce052b1ad7c23..70166c1283a2aa58dace9149c4562dae6f0029ed 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/mountd/mountd.man
+++ b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ If this option is not specified the default of
 .BR /var/lib/nfs
 is used.
 .TP
+.BR "\-t N" " or " "\-\-num\-threads=N"
+This option specifies the number of worker threads that rpc.mountd
+spawns.  The default is 1 thread, which is probably enough.  More
+threads are usually only needed for NFS servers which need to handle
+mount storms of hundreds of NFS mounts in a few seconds, or when
+your DNS server is slow or unreliable.
+.TP
 .B \-V " or " \-\-nfs-version
 This option can be used to request that
 .B rpc.mountd