"Paulo Alcantara (SUSE)" <pc@xxxxxx> 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) <pc@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> > --- > 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
