Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] cifs: Add support for root file systems

From: Paulo Alcantara <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 07:04:06 -0300

"Paulo Alcantara (SUSE)" <[email-masked]> writes:

> 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.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Aurelien Aptel <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.txt | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/cifs/Kconfig                             |  8 ++
>  fs/cifs/Makefile                            |  2 +
>  fs/cifs/cifsglob.h                          |  2 +
>  fs/cifs/cifsroot.c                          | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/cifs/connect.c                           | 17 +++-
>  include/linux/root_dev.h                    |  1 +
>  7 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/cifs/cifsroot.txt
>  create mode 100644 fs/cifs/cifsroot.c

Hi David,

This patch has already been merged into Linus tree. The other two (2/3
and 3/3) still need to be reviewed.

I'm not sure how this works when series touch multiple subsystems --
that is, these changes should go through your tree or Steve's?

Please let me you know if you need anything else.

Thanks!
Paulo