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fs: Limit sys_mount to only request filesystem modules prevents mount -t cifs from working

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Eric W. Biederman March 11, 2013, 1:37 p.m. UTC
Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net> writes:

> Hi, I found that Linux kernel 3.9.0-rc2 would not mount a remote cifs
> filesystem, and ran a git bisect which identified the following
> commit:
>
> Is there a patch already present somewhere to fix this problem?
>

Grr.  It was in linux-next for nearly a week and I checked an double
checked that patch.

This should fix it. 

Eric


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Arthur Marsh March 11, 2013, 4:01 p.m. UTC | #1
Eric W. Biederman wrote, on 12/03/13 00:07:
> Arthur Marsh<arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>  writes:
>
>> Hi, I found that Linux kernel 3.9.0-rc2 would not mount a remote cifs
>> filesystem, and ran a git bisect which identified the following
>> commit:
>>
>> Is there a patch already present somewhere to fix this problem?
>>
>
> Grr.  It was in linux-next for nearly a week and I checked an double
> checked that patch.
>
> This should fix it.
>
> Eric
>
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
> index 1a052c0..3cf8a15 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
> @@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type = {
>   	.kill_sb = cifs_kill_sb,
>   	/*  .fs_flags */
>   };
> +MODULE_ALIAS_FS("cifs");
>   const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops = {
>   	.create = cifs_create,
>   	.atomic_open = cifs_atomic_open,
>

Confirmed... cifs mounts now work again thanks.

Regards,

Arthur.
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 1a052c0..3cf8a15 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@  struct file_system_type cifs_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb = cifs_kill_sb,
 	/*  .fs_flags */
 };
+MODULE_ALIAS_FS("cifs");
 const struct inode_operations cifs_dir_inode_ops = {
 	.create = cifs_create,
 	.atomic_open = cifs_atomic_open,