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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/smb/client/fs_context.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/smb/client/fs_context.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c index 20dc31a07a56..28c4e576d460 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c @@ -1899,14 +1899,17 @@ void smb3_update_mnt_flags(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb) if (ctx->mfsymlinks) { if (ctx->sfu_emul) { /* - * Our SFU ("Services for Unix" emulation does not allow - * creating symlinks but does allow reading existing SFU - * symlinks (it does allow both creating and reading SFU - * style mknod and FIFOs though). When "mfsymlinks" and + * Our SFU ("Services for Unix") emulation allows now + * creating new and reading existing SFU symlinks. + * Older Linux kernel versions were not able to neither + * read existing nor create new SFU symlinks. But + * creating and reading SFU style mknod and FIFOs was + * supported for long time. When "mfsymlinks" and * "sfu" are both enabled at the same time, it allows * reading both types of symlinks, but will only create * them with mfsymlinks format. This allows better - * Apple compatibility (probably better for Samba too) + * Apple compatibility, compatibility with older Linux + * kernel clients (probably better for Samba too) * while still recognizing old Windows style symlinks. */ cifs_dbg(VFS, "mount options mfsymlinks and sfu both enabled\n"); |