Re: [PATCH] cifs: Always resolve hostname before reconnecting

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пт, 1 февр. 2019 г. в 06:11, Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 10:37:54AM -0800, Pavel Shilovsky wrote:
> >ср, 30 янв. 2019 г. в 23:16, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>\
> >
> >All stable kernels that are under active maintenance may have the fix
> >if it applies clearly. Please let me know if it doesn't.
>
> So this wasn't actually tested against any of the stable kernels? Why
> not? Microsoft has a solid testsuite for it.

This was successfully tested on v4.4.y kernel.

--
Best regards,
Pavel Shilovsky




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