The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From fdd92b64d15bc4aec973caa25899afd782402e68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:29:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fs: warn about impending deprecation of mandatory locks
We've had CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING since 2015 and a lot of distros
have disabled it. Warn the stragglers that still use "-o mand" that
we'll be dropping support for that mount option.
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namespace.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index ab4174a3c802..2279473d0d6f 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1716,8 +1716,12 @@ static inline bool may_mount(void)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING
-static inline bool may_mandlock(void)
+static bool may_mandlock(void)
{
+ pr_warn_once("======================================================\n"
+ "WARNING: the mand mount option is being deprecated and\n"
+ " will be removed in v5.15!\n"
+ "======================================================\n");
return capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN);
}
#else
--
2.30.2
