On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 04:07:30PM -0800, Pavel Shilovsky wrote:
> Commit 28eb24ff75c5 ("cifs: Always resolve hostname before reconnecting").
>
> In case a hostname resolves to a different IP address (e.g. long
> running mounts), make sure to resolve it every time prior to calling
> generic_ip_connect() in reconnect.
>
> This patch needs user space changes of cifs.upcall that set a timeout
> value for the "dns_resolver" key.
>
> Suggested-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Alcantara <palcantara@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Shilovsky <pshilov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/cifs/connect.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
What stable kernel(s) is this to be applied to?
thanks,
greg k-h
