[linux-cifs-client] Re: 2.6.10-rc2-mm4 - cifs.ko needs unknown symbol CIFSSMBSetPosixACL

[Steve French]

Andrew Morton wrote:

>Steve French <smfltc at us.ibm.com> wrote:
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>> The CIFS code has had major recent update (most importantly the 
>> cifs_readdir rewrite which can be enabled in mm by "echo 1 > 
>> /proc/fs/cifs/NewReaddirEnabled",
>>    
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>Nobody will do that, so the new code won't get tested.
>
>In keeping with my evil plan to drive -mm users insane, could I ask that
>you send me a diff which will make the new readdir code default to "on"?
>
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>

OK - done.  Default is now to use cifs_readdir2 (new code) and to go 
back to the old code -
      "echo 1 > /proc/fs/cifs/ReenableOldCifsReaddirCode"

The update is in the cifs bk tree (bk://cifs.bkbits.net/linux-2.5cifs) 
and this particular minor patch in diff -Nau form is:

http://cifs.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5cifs/gnupatch@41ad739b4xCWzpJKDse0JW4Ep5y3LQ