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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/smb/client/fs_context.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/smb/client/fs_context.c | 370 |
1 files changed, 307 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c index 3bbac925d076..a634a34d4086 100644 --- a/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/fs_context.c @@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ static const match_table_t cifs_secflavor_tokens = { { Opt_sec_err, NULL } }; +static const match_table_t cifs_upcall_target = { + { Opt_upcall_target_mount, "mount" }, + { Opt_upcall_target_application, "app" }, + { Opt_upcall_target_err, NULL } +}; + const struct fs_parameter_spec smb3_fs_parameters[] = { /* Mount options that take no arguments */ fsparam_flag_no("user_xattr", Opt_user_xattr), @@ -127,13 +133,18 @@ const struct fs_parameter_spec smb3_fs_parameters[] = { fsparam_flag("rootfs", Opt_rootfs), fsparam_flag("compress", Opt_compress), fsparam_flag("witness", Opt_witness), + fsparam_flag_no("nativesocket", Opt_nativesocket), + fsparam_flag_no("unicode", Opt_unicode), + fsparam_flag_no("nbsessinit", Opt_nbsessinit), + + /* Mount options which take uid or gid */ + fsparam_uid("backupuid", Opt_backupuid), + fsparam_gid("backupgid", Opt_backupgid), + fsparam_uid("uid", Opt_uid), + fsparam_uid("cruid", Opt_cruid), + fsparam_gid("gid", Opt_gid), /* Mount options which take numeric value */ - fsparam_u32("backupuid", Opt_backupuid), - fsparam_u32("backupgid", Opt_backupgid), - fsparam_u32("uid", Opt_uid), - fsparam_u32("cruid", Opt_cruid), - fsparam_u32("gid", Opt_gid), fsparam_u32("file_mode", Opt_file_mode), fsparam_u32("dirmode", Opt_dirmode), fsparam_u32("dir_mode", Opt_dirmode), @@ -162,6 +173,7 @@ const struct fs_parameter_spec smb3_fs_parameters[] = { fsparam_string("username", Opt_user), fsparam_string("pass", Opt_pass), fsparam_string("password", Opt_pass), + fsparam_string("pass2", Opt_pass2), fsparam_string("password2", Opt_pass2), fsparam_string("ip", Opt_ip), fsparam_string("addr", Opt_ip), @@ -176,6 +188,9 @@ const struct fs_parameter_spec smb3_fs_parameters[] = { fsparam_string("sec", Opt_sec), fsparam_string("cache", Opt_cache), fsparam_string("reparse", Opt_reparse), + fsparam_string("upcall_target", Opt_upcalltarget), + fsparam_string("symlink", Opt_symlink), + fsparam_string("symlinkroot", Opt_symlinkroot), /* Arguments that should be ignored */ fsparam_flag("guest", Opt_ignore), @@ -246,6 +261,29 @@ cifs_parse_security_flavors(struct fs_context *fc, char *value, struct smb3_fs_c return 0; } +static int +cifs_parse_upcall_target(struct fs_context *fc, char *value, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx) +{ + substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS]; + + ctx->upcall_target = UPTARGET_UNSPECIFIED; + + switch (match_token(value, cifs_upcall_target, args)) { + case Opt_upcall_target_mount: + ctx->upcall_target = UPTARGET_MOUNT; + break; + case Opt_upcall_target_application: + ctx->upcall_target = UPTARGET_APP; + break; + + default: + cifs_errorf(fc, "bad upcall target: %s\n", value); + return 1; + } + + return 0; +} + static const match_table_t cifs_cacheflavor_tokens = { { Opt_cache_loose, "loose" }, { Opt_cache_strict, "strict" }, @@ -300,6 +338,7 @@ cifs_parse_cache_flavor(struct fs_context *fc, char *value, struct smb3_fs_conte static const match_table_t reparse_flavor_tokens = { { Opt_reparse_default, "default" }, + { Opt_reparse_none, "none" }, { Opt_reparse_nfs, "nfs" }, { Opt_reparse_wsl, "wsl" }, { Opt_reparse_err, NULL }, @@ -314,6 +353,9 @@ static int parse_reparse_flavor(struct fs_context *fc, char *value, case Opt_reparse_default: ctx->reparse_type = CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_DEFAULT; break; + case Opt_reparse_none: + ctx->reparse_type = CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_NONE; + break; case Opt_reparse_nfs: ctx->reparse_type = CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_NFS; break; @@ -327,6 +369,55 @@ static int parse_reparse_flavor(struct fs_context *fc, char *value, return 0; } +static const match_table_t symlink_flavor_tokens = { + { Opt_symlink_default, "default" }, + { Opt_symlink_none, "none" }, + { Opt_symlink_native, "native" }, + { Opt_symlink_unix, "unix" }, + { Opt_symlink_mfsymlinks, "mfsymlinks" }, + { Opt_symlink_sfu, "sfu" }, + { Opt_symlink_nfs, "nfs" }, + { Opt_symlink_wsl, "wsl" }, + { Opt_symlink_err, NULL }, +}; + +static int parse_symlink_flavor(struct fs_context *fc, char *value, + struct smb3_fs_context *ctx) +{ + substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS]; + + switch (match_token(value, symlink_flavor_tokens, args)) { + case Opt_symlink_default: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_DEFAULT; + break; + case Opt_symlink_none: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_NONE; + break; + case Opt_symlink_native: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_NATIVE; + break; + case Opt_symlink_unix: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_UNIX; + break; + case Opt_symlink_mfsymlinks: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_MFSYMLINKS; + break; + case Opt_symlink_sfu: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_SFU; + break; + case Opt_symlink_nfs: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_NFS; + break; + case Opt_symlink_wsl: + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_WSL; + break; + default: + cifs_errorf(fc, "bad symlink= option: %s\n", value); + return 1; + } + return 0; +} + #define DUP_CTX_STR(field) \ do { \ if (ctx->field) { \ @@ -353,6 +444,8 @@ smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx new_ctx->source = NULL; new_ctx->iocharset = NULL; new_ctx->leaf_fullpath = NULL; + new_ctx->dns_dom = NULL; + new_ctx->symlinkroot = NULL; /* * Make sure to stay in sync with smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents() */ @@ -367,6 +460,8 @@ smb3_fs_context_dup(struct smb3_fs_context *new_ctx, struct smb3_fs_context *ctx DUP_CTX_STR(nodename); DUP_CTX_STR(iocharset); DUP_CTX_STR(leaf_fullpath); + DUP_CTX_STR(dns_dom); + DUP_CTX_STR(symlinkroot); return 0; } @@ -870,6 +965,14 @@ static int smb3_verify_reconfigure_ctx(struct fs_context *fc, cifs_errorf(fc, "can not change iocharset during remount\n"); return -EINVAL; } + if (new_ctx->unicode != old_ctx->unicode) { + cifs_errorf(fc, "can not change unicode during remount\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } + if (new_ctx->rfc1001_sessinit != old_ctx->rfc1001_sessinit) { + cifs_errorf(fc, "can not change nbsessinit during remount\n"); + return -EINVAL; + } return 0; } @@ -888,12 +991,38 @@ do { \ cifs_sb->ctx->field = NULL; \ } while (0) +int smb3_sync_session_ctx_passwords(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb, struct cifs_ses *ses) +{ + if (ses->password && + cifs_sb->ctx->password && + strcmp(ses->password, cifs_sb->ctx->password)) { + kfree_sensitive(cifs_sb->ctx->password); + cifs_sb->ctx->password = kstrdup(ses->password, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!cifs_sb->ctx->password) + return -ENOMEM; + } + if (ses->password2 && + cifs_sb->ctx->password2 && + strcmp(ses->password2, cifs_sb->ctx->password2)) { + kfree_sensitive(cifs_sb->ctx->password2); + cifs_sb->ctx->password2 = kstrdup(ses->password2, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!cifs_sb->ctx->password2) { + kfree_sensitive(cifs_sb->ctx->password); + cifs_sb->ctx->password = NULL; + return -ENOMEM; + } + } + return 0; +} + static int smb3_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc) { struct smb3_fs_context *ctx = smb3_fc2context(fc); struct dentry *root = fc->root; struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(root->d_sb); struct cifs_ses *ses = cifs_sb_master_tcon(cifs_sb)->ses; + unsigned int rsize = ctx->rsize, wsize = ctx->wsize; + char *new_password = NULL, *new_password2 = NULL; bool need_recon = false; int rc; @@ -913,24 +1042,70 @@ static int smb3_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc) STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, UNC); STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, source); STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, username); + if (need_recon == false) STEAL_STRING_SENSITIVE(cifs_sb, ctx, password); else { + if (ctx->password) { + new_password = kstrdup(ctx->password, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!new_password) + return -ENOMEM; + } else + STEAL_STRING_SENSITIVE(cifs_sb, ctx, password); + } + + /* + * if a new password2 has been specified, then reset it's value + * inside the ses struct + */ + if (ctx->password2) { + new_password2 = kstrdup(ctx->password2, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!new_password2) { + kfree_sensitive(new_password); + return -ENOMEM; + } + } else + STEAL_STRING_SENSITIVE(cifs_sb, ctx, password2); + + /* + * we may update the passwords in the ses struct below. Make sure we do + * not race with smb2_reconnect + */ + mutex_lock(&ses->session_mutex); + + /* + * smb2_reconnect may swap password and password2 in case session setup + * failed. First get ctx passwords in sync with ses passwords. It should + * be okay to do this even if this function were to return an error at a + * later stage + */ + rc = smb3_sync_session_ctx_passwords(cifs_sb, ses); + if (rc) { + mutex_unlock(&ses->session_mutex); + return rc; + } + + /* + * now that allocations for passwords are done, commit them + */ + if (new_password) { kfree_sensitive(ses->password); - ses->password = kstrdup(ctx->password, GFP_KERNEL); + ses->password = new_password; + } + if (new_password2) { kfree_sensitive(ses->password2); - ses->password2 = kstrdup(ctx->password2, GFP_KERNEL); + ses->password2 = new_password2; } + + mutex_unlock(&ses->session_mutex); + STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, domainname); STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, nodename); STEAL_STRING(cifs_sb, ctx, iocharset); /* if rsize or wsize not passed in on remount, use previous values */ - if (ctx->rsize == 0) - ctx->rsize = cifs_sb->ctx->rsize; - if (ctx->wsize == 0) - ctx->wsize = cifs_sb->ctx->wsize; - + ctx->rsize = rsize ? CIFS_ALIGN_RSIZE(fc, rsize) : cifs_sb->ctx->rsize; + ctx->wsize = wsize ? CIFS_ALIGN_WSIZE(fc, wsize) : cifs_sb->ctx->wsize; smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents(cifs_sb->ctx); rc = smb3_fs_context_dup(cifs_sb->ctx, ctx); @@ -951,8 +1126,7 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, int i, opt; bool is_smb3 = !strcmp(fc->fs_type->name, "smb3"); bool skip_parsing = false; - kuid_t uid; - kgid_t gid; + char *hostname; cifs_dbg(FYI, "CIFS: parsing cifs mount option '%s'\n", param->key); @@ -967,6 +1141,9 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, } else if (!strcmp("user", param->key) || !strcmp("username", param->key)) { skip_parsing = true; opt = Opt_user; + } else if (!strcmp("pass2", param->key) || !strcmp("password2", param->key)) { + skip_parsing = true; + opt = Opt_pass2; } } @@ -978,9 +1155,12 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, switch (opt) { case Opt_compress: + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CIFS_COMPRESSION)) { + cifs_errorf(fc, "CONFIG_CIFS_COMPRESSION kernel config option is unset\n"); + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + } ctx->compress = true; - cifs_dbg(VFS, - "SMB3 compression support is experimental\n"); + cifs_dbg(VFS, "SMB3 compression support is experimental\n"); break; case Opt_nodfs: ctx->nodfs = 1; @@ -1083,38 +1263,23 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, } break; case Opt_uid: - uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), result.uint_32); - if (!uid_valid(uid)) - goto cifs_parse_mount_err; - ctx->linux_uid = uid; + ctx->linux_uid = result.uid; ctx->uid_specified = true; break; case Opt_cruid: - uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), result.uint_32); - if (!uid_valid(uid)) - goto cifs_parse_mount_err; - ctx->cred_uid = uid; + ctx->cred_uid = result.uid; ctx->cruid_specified = true; break; case Opt_backupuid: - uid = make_kuid(current_user_ns(), result.uint_32); - if (!uid_valid(uid)) - goto cifs_parse_mount_err; - ctx->backupuid = uid; + ctx->backupuid = result.uid; ctx->backupuid_specified = true; break; case Opt_backupgid: - gid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), result.uint_32); - if (!gid_valid(gid)) - goto cifs_parse_mount_err; - ctx->backupgid = gid; + ctx->backupgid = result.gid; ctx->backupgid_specified = true; break; case Opt_gid: - gid = make_kgid(current_user_ns(), result.uint_32); - if (!gid_valid(gid)) - goto cifs_parse_mount_err; - ctx->linux_gid = gid; + ctx->linux_gid = result.gid; ctx->gid_specified = true; break; case Opt_port: @@ -1145,7 +1310,7 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, __func__); goto cifs_parse_mount_err; } - ctx->bsize = result.uint_32; + ctx->bsize = CIFS_ALIGN_BSIZE(fc, result.uint_32); ctx->got_bsize = true; break; case Opt_rasize: @@ -1169,40 +1334,31 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, ctx->rasize = result.uint_32; break; case Opt_rsize: - ctx->rsize = result.uint_32; + ctx->rsize = CIFS_ALIGN_RSIZE(fc, result.uint_32); ctx->got_rsize = true; + ctx->vol_rsize = ctx->rsize; break; case Opt_wsize: - ctx->wsize = result.uint_32; + ctx->wsize = CIFS_ALIGN_WSIZE(fc, result.uint_32); ctx->got_wsize = true; - if (ctx->wsize % PAGE_SIZE != 0) { - ctx->wsize = round_down(ctx->wsize, PAGE_SIZE); - if (ctx->wsize == 0) { - ctx->wsize = PAGE_SIZE; - cifs_dbg(VFS, "wsize too small, reset to minimum %ld\n", PAGE_SIZE); - } else { - cifs_dbg(VFS, - "wsize rounded down to %d to multiple of PAGE_SIZE %ld\n", - ctx->wsize, PAGE_SIZE); - } - } + ctx->vol_wsize = ctx->wsize; break; case Opt_acregmax: - ctx->acregmax = HZ * result.uint_32; - if (ctx->acregmax > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO) { + if (result.uint_32 > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO / HZ) { cifs_errorf(fc, "acregmax too large\n"); goto cifs_parse_mount_err; } + ctx->acregmax = HZ * result.uint_32; break; case Opt_acdirmax: - ctx->acdirmax = HZ * result.uint_32; - if (ctx->acdirmax > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO) { + if (result.uint_32 > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO / HZ) { cifs_errorf(fc, "acdirmax too large\n"); goto cifs_parse_mount_err; } + ctx->acdirmax = HZ * result.uint_32; break; case Opt_actimeo: - if (HZ * result.uint_32 > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO) { + if (result.uint_32 > CIFS_MAX_ACTIMEO / HZ) { cifs_errorf(fc, "timeout too large\n"); goto cifs_parse_mount_err; } @@ -1214,13 +1370,18 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, ctx->acdirmax = ctx->acregmax = HZ * result.uint_32; break; case Opt_closetimeo: - ctx->closetimeo = HZ * result.uint_32; - if (ctx->closetimeo > SMB3_MAX_DCLOSETIMEO) { + if (result.uint_32 > SMB3_MAX_DCLOSETIMEO / HZ) { cifs_errorf(fc, "closetimeo too large\n"); goto cifs_parse_mount_err; } + ctx->closetimeo = HZ * result.uint_32; break; case Opt_echo_interval: + if (result.uint_32 < SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_MIN || + result.uint_32 > SMB_ECHO_INTERVAL_MAX) { + cifs_errorf(fc, "echo interval is out of bounds\n"); + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + } ctx->echo_interval = result.uint_32; break; case Opt_snapshot: @@ -1287,6 +1448,16 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, cifs_errorf(fc, "OOM when copying UNC string\n"); goto cifs_parse_mount_err; } + hostname = extract_hostname(ctx->UNC); + if (IS_ERR(hostname)) { + cifs_errorf(fc, "Cannot extract hostname from UNC string\n"); + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + } + /* last byte, type, is 0x20 for servr type */ + memset(ctx->target_rfc1001_name, 0x20, RFC1001_NAME_LEN_WITH_NULL); + for (i = 0; i < RFC1001_NAME_LEN && hostname[i] != 0; i++) + ctx->target_rfc1001_name[i] = toupper(hostname[i]); + kfree(hostname); break; case Opt_user: kfree(ctx->username); @@ -1430,6 +1601,10 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, if (i == RFC1001_NAME_LEN && param->string[i] != 0) pr_warn("server netbiosname longer than 15 truncated\n"); break; + case Opt_nbsessinit: + ctx->rfc1001_sessinit = !result.negated; + cifs_dbg(FYI, "rfc1001_sessinit set to %d\n", ctx->rfc1001_sessinit); + break; case Opt_ver: /* version of mount userspace tools, not dialect */ /* If interface changes in mount.cifs bump to new ver */ @@ -1455,6 +1630,10 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, if (cifs_parse_security_flavors(fc, param->string, ctx) != 0) goto cifs_parse_mount_err; break; + case Opt_upcalltarget: + if (cifs_parse_upcall_target(fc, param->string, ctx) != 0) + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + break; case Opt_cache: if (cifs_parse_cache_flavor(fc, param->string, ctx) != 0) goto cifs_parse_mount_err; @@ -1467,6 +1646,10 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, ctx->witness = true; pr_warn_once("Witness protocol support is experimental\n"); break; + case Opt_unicode: + ctx->unicode = !result.negated; + cifs_dbg(FYI, "unicode set to %d\n", ctx->unicode); + break; case Opt_rootfs: #ifndef CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT cifs_dbg(VFS, "rootfs support requires CONFIG_CIFS_ROOT config option\n"); @@ -1629,9 +1812,38 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, if (parse_reparse_flavor(fc, param->string, ctx)) goto cifs_parse_mount_err; break; + case Opt_nativesocket: + ctx->nonativesocket = result.negated; + break; + case Opt_symlink: + if (parse_symlink_flavor(fc, param->string, ctx)) + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + break; + case Opt_symlinkroot: + if (param->string[0] != '/') { + cifs_errorf(fc, "symlinkroot mount options must be absolute path\n"); + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + } + kfree(ctx->symlinkroot); + ctx->symlinkroot = kstrdup(param->string, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!ctx->symlinkroot) + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + break; } /* case Opt_ignore: - is ignored as expected ... */ + if (ctx->multiuser && ctx->upcall_target == UPTARGET_MOUNT) { + cifs_errorf(fc, "multiuser mount option not supported with upcalltarget set as 'mount'\n"); + goto cifs_parse_mount_err; + } + + /* + * By default resolve all native absolute symlinks relative to "/mnt/". + * Same default has drvfs driver running in WSL for resolving SMB shares. + */ + if (!ctx->symlinkroot) + ctx->symlinkroot = kstrdup("/mnt/", GFP_KERNEL); + return 0; cifs_parse_mount_err: @@ -1642,6 +1854,24 @@ static int smb3_fs_context_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, return -EINVAL; } +enum cifs_symlink_type get_cifs_symlink_type(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb) +{ + if (cifs_sb->ctx->symlink_type == CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_DEFAULT) { + if (cifs_sb->ctx->mfsymlinks) + return CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_MFSYMLINKS; + else if (cifs_sb->ctx->sfu_emul) + return CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_SFU; + else if (cifs_sb->ctx->linux_ext && !cifs_sb->ctx->no_linux_ext) + return CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_UNIX; + else if (cifs_sb->ctx->reparse_type != CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_NONE) + return CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_NATIVE; + else + return CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_NONE; + } else { + return cifs_sb->ctx->symlink_type; + } +} + int smb3_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc) { struct smb3_fs_context *ctx; @@ -1662,13 +1892,16 @@ int smb3_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc) memset(ctx->source_rfc1001_name, 0x20, RFC1001_NAME_LEN); for (i = 0; i < strnlen(nodename, RFC1001_NAME_LEN); i++) ctx->source_rfc1001_name[i] = toupper(nodename[i]); - ctx->source_rfc1001_name[RFC1001_NAME_LEN] = 0; + /* * null target name indicates to use *SMBSERVR default called name * if we end up sending RFC1001 session initialize */ ctx->target_rfc1001_name[0] = 0; + + ctx->rfc1001_sessinit = -1; /* autodetect based on port number */ + ctx->cred_uid = current_uid(); ctx->linux_uid = current_uid(); ctx->linux_gid = current_gid(); @@ -1718,6 +1951,10 @@ int smb3_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc) ctx->retrans = 1; ctx->reparse_type = CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_DEFAULT; + ctx->symlink_type = CIFS_SYMLINK_TYPE_DEFAULT; + ctx->nonativesocket = 0; + + ctx->unicode = -1; /* autodetect, but prefer UNICODE mode */ /* * short int override_uid = -1; @@ -1762,6 +1999,10 @@ smb3_cleanup_fs_context_contents(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx) ctx->prepath = NULL; kfree(ctx->leaf_fullpath); ctx->leaf_fullpath = NULL; + kfree(ctx->dns_dom); + ctx->dns_dom = NULL; + kfree(ctx->symlinkroot); + ctx->symlinkroot = NULL; } void @@ -1911,14 +2152,17 @@ 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"); |