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authorPaulo Alcantara (SUSE) <paulo@paulo.ac>2019-07-17 00:04:50 +0200
committerSteve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>2019-09-16 18:43:38 +0200
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parentcifs: modefromsid: make room for 4 ACE (diff)
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cifs: Add support for root file systems
Introduce a new CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT option to handle root file systems over a SMB share. In order to mount the root file system during the init process, make cifs.ko perform non-blocking socket operations while mounting and accessing it. Cc: Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <paulo@paulo.ac> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
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@@ -211,3 +211,11 @@ config CIFS_FSCACHE
Makes CIFS FS-Cache capable. Say Y here if you want your CIFS data
to be cached locally on disk through the general filesystem cache
manager. If unsure, say N.
+
+config CIFS_ROOT
+ bool "SMB root file system (Experimental)"
+ depends on CIFS=y && IP_PNP
+ help
+ Enables root file system support over SMB protocol.
+
+ Most people say N here.