2011/8/27 Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>: > Except that this option is already in existing kernels that are in the > field, as well as the documentation (the mount.cifs manpage). Changing > user-visible interfaces like this without any warning is not good > practice. > > As a side note...how was rwpidforward originally tested if the option > was broken and could never be turned on? > I agree that is not good. I do really remember that I give it some testing before send it to the list and I am not sure how it could happen - guess that I gave it wrong testing or smth like that - sorry about it. I will provide new patches for kernel and mount.cifs that fix this problem. Steve, can you remove this version of the patch from your tree or revert it, please? -- Best regards, Pavel Shilovsky. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html