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>
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 09b60ec..54e2045 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ struct smb_vol {
__u32 handle_timeout; /* persistent and durable handle timeout in ms */
unsigned int max_credits; /* smb3 max_credits 10 < credits < 60000 */
__u16 compression; /* compression algorithm 0xFFFF default 0=disabled */
+ bool rootfs:1; /* if it's a SMB root file system */
};
/**
@@ -764,6 +765,7 @@ struct TCP_Server_Info {
* reconnect.
*/
int nr_targets;
+ bool noblockcnt; /* use non-blocking connect() */
};
struct cifs_credits {