Also inform users about a possible removal of the existing aliases. Signed-off-by: Enzo Matsumiya <ematsumiya@xxxxxxx> --- fs/smb/core.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/smb/core.c b/fs/smb/core.c index 4bc019ef90e2..0d69e3f0eee9 100644 --- a/fs/smb/core.c +++ b/fs/smb/core.c @@ -1724,6 +1724,10 @@ init_cifs(void) goto out_init_cifs_idmap; } + pr_warn("This module has been renamed to \"smbfs.ko\" and its " + "current aliases (\"cifs\" and \"smb3\") might be removed " + "in a future kernel release.\n"); + return 0; out_init_cifs_idmap: -- 2.35.3