@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
SFU does). In the future the bottom 9 bits of the
mode also will be emulated using queries of the security
descriptor (ACL).
+ mfsymlinks Enable support for Minshall+French symlinks
+ (see http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/UNIX_Extensions#Minshall.2BFrench_symlinks)
+ This option is ignored when specified together with the
+ 'sfu' option. Minshall+French symlinks are used event if
+ the server supports the CIFS Unix Extensions.
sign Must use packet signing (helps avoid unwanted data modification
by intermediate systems in the route). Note that signing
does not work with lanman or plaintext authentication.
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#define CIFS_MOUNT_NOPOSIXBRL 0x2000 /* mandatory not posix byte range lock */
#define CIFS_MOUNT_NOSSYNC 0x4000 /* don't do slow SMBflush on every sync*/
#define CIFS_MOUNT_FSCACHE 0x8000 /* local caching enabled */
+#define CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS 0x10000 /* Minshall+French Symlinks enabled */
struct cifs_sb_info {
struct cifsTconInfo *tcon; /* primary mount */
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ cifs_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *m)
seq_printf(s, ",dynperm");
if (m->mnt_sb->s_flags & MS_POSIXACL)
seq_printf(s, ",acl");
+ if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS)
+ seq_printf(s, ",mfsymlinks");
seq_printf(s, ",rsize=%d", cifs_sb->rsize);
seq_printf(s, ",wsize=%d", cifs_sb->wsize);
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ struct smb_vol {
bool noautotune:1;
bool nostrictsync:1; /* do not force expensive SMBflush on every sync */
bool fsc:1; /* enable fscache */
+ bool mfsymlinks:1; /* use Minshall+French Symlinks */
unsigned int rsize;
unsigned int wsize;
bool sockopt_tcp_nodelay:1;
@@ -1343,6 +1344,8 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(char *options, const char *devname,
"/proc/fs/cifs/LookupCacheEnabled to 0\n");
} else if (strnicmp(data, "fsc", 3) == 0) {
vol->fsc = true;
+ } else if (strnicmp(data, "mfsymlinks", 22) == 0) {
+ vol->mfsymlinks = true;
} else
printk(KERN_WARNING "CIFS: Unknown mount option %s\n",
data);
@@ -2481,6 +2484,14 @@ static void setup_cifs_sb(struct smb_vol *pvolume_info,
cFYI(1, "mounting share using direct i/o");
cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_DIRECT_IO;
}
+ if (pvolume_info->mfsymlinks) {
+ if (pvolume_info->sfu_emul) {
+ cERROR(1, "mount option mfsymlinks ignored if sfu "
+ "mount option is used");
+ } else {
+ cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags |= CIFS_MOUNT_MF_SYMLINKS;
+ }
+ }
if ((pvolume_info->cifs_acl) && (pvolume_info->dynperm))
cERROR(1, "mount option dynperm ignored if cifsacl "