When hostname contains colon (e.g. when it is an IPv6 address) it needs to be enclosed in brackets to make parsing of NFS device string possible. Fix nfs_do_root_mount() to enclose hostname properly when needed. NFS code actually does not need this as it does not parse the string passed by nfs_do_root_mount() but the device string is exposed to userspace in /proc/mounts. CC: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> CC: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/super.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nfs/super.c b/fs/nfs/super.c index b961cea..42b74f8 100644 --- a/fs/nfs/super.c +++ b/fs/nfs/super.c @@ -2694,11 +2694,15 @@ static struct vfsmount *nfs_do_root_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, char *root_devname; size_t len; - len = strlen(hostname) + 3; + len = strlen(hostname) + 5; root_devname = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL); if (root_devname == NULL) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); - snprintf(root_devname, len, "%s:/", hostname); + /* Does hostname needs to be enclosed in brackets? */ + if (strchr(hostname, ':')) + snprintf(root_devname, len, "[%s]:/", hostname); + else + snprintf(root_devname, len, "%s:/", hostname); root_mnt = vfs_kern_mount(fs_type, flags, root_devname, data); kfree(root_devname); return root_mnt; -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html