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| author | Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com> | 2018-12-24 08:05:22 +0100 |
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| committer | Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com> | 2018-12-28 17:13:11 +0100 |
| commit | 14e92c5dc7a1a1d4a82fb7142b5642837fef962a (patch) | |
| tree | 425df7e0d5e3609ea6454c9da3bcf354bece1600 /fs/cifs | |
| parent | cifs: Always resolve hostname before reconnecting (diff) | |
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cifs: Minor Kconfig clarification
Clarify the use of the CONFIG_DFS_UPCALL for DNS name resolution
when server ip addresses change (e.g. on long running mounts)
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/cifs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/cifs/Kconfig | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/Kconfig b/fs/cifs/Kconfig index 85dadb93c992..f1ddc9d03c10 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/cifs/Kconfig @@ -190,8 +190,9 @@ config CIFS_DFS_UPCALL moves to a different server. This feature also enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which contacts userspace helper utilities to provide server name resolution (host names to - IP addresses) which is needed for implicit mounts of DFS junction - points. If unsure, say Y. + IP addresses) which is needed in order to reconnect to + servers if their addresses change or for implicit mounts of + DFS junction points. If unsure, say Y. config CIFS_NFSD_EXPORT bool "Allow nfsd to export CIFS file system" |